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LACTUCA SCARIOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lactuca scariola mean?
• LACTUCA SCARIOLA (noun)
The noun LACTUCA SCARIOLA has 1 sense:
1. European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States
Familiarity information: LACTUCA SCARIOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
horse thistle; Lactuca scariola; Lactuca serriola; prickly lettuce
Hypernyms ("Lactuca scariola" is a kind of...):
compass flower; compass plant (any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass)
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