LACTUCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lactuca mean? 

• LACTUCA (noun)
  The noun LACTUCA has 1 sense:

1. an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce

  Familiarity information: LACTUCA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACTUCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lactuca; Lactuca

Hypernyms ("Lactuca" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Lactuca"):

lettuce (any of various plants of the genus Lactuca)

common lettuce; garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa (annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown)

cos lettuce; Lactuca sativa longifolia; romaine lettuce (lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves)

head lettuce; Lactuca sativa capitata (distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball)

Holonyms ("Lactuca" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)