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WHITE LETTUCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white lettuce mean?
• WHITE LETTUCE (noun)
The noun WHITE LETTUCE has 1 sense:
1. herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
Familiarity information: WHITE LETTUCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cankerweed; Nabalus alba; Prenanthes alba; white lettuce
Hypernyms ("white lettuce" is a kind of...):
rattlesnake root (a plant of the genus Nabalus)
Holonyms ("white lettuce" is a member of...):
genus Nabalus; Nabalus (genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes)
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