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LACTUCA SERRIOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lactuca serriola mean? 

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

1. European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LACTUCA SERRIOLA (noun)


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 serriola" 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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