salad - lettuce

salad - lettuce
'salad'
A salad is a mixture of uncooked vegetables. You can eat it on its own or with other foods.
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'lettuce'
A salad usually includes the large green leaves of a vegetable called a lettuce . Note that you do not refer to this vegetable as a `salad'.
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  • Salad — Sal ad (s[a^]l ad), n. [F. salade, OIt. salata, It. insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See {Salt}, and cf. {Slaw}.] 1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salad burnet — Salad Sal ad (s[a^]l ad), n. [F. salade, OIt. salata, It. insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See {Salt}, and cf. {Slaw}.] 1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salad — is a mixture of cold foods, usually including vegetables and/or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, or whole grains. Salad is often served as an appetizer… …   Wikipedia

  • salad — [sal′əd] n. [ME salat < MFr salade < Prov salada < VL * salata < fem. pp. of * salare, to salt < L sal, SALT] 1. a dish, usually cold, of raw or sometimes cooked vegetables or fruits in various combinations, served with a dressing …   English World dictionary

  • Lettuce — Let tuce (l[e^]t t[i^]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it is cut …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lettuce opium — Lettuce Let tuce (l[e^]t t[i^]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lettuce leaf basil — is a large leaf variety of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil). The large, crinkled leaves, which grow on the short, wide plant, are sweet, but not as strong as other sweet basils. This makes them particularly suitable for tossing into salads or… …   Wikipedia

  • Lettuce — Taxobox name = Lettuce image width = 260 px image caption = Iceberg lettuce field in Northern Santa Barbara County regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae genus = Lactuca species = L …   Wikipedia

  • salad — /sal euhd/, n. 1. a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs. 2. any of various dishes consisting of foods, as meat, seafood, eggs,… …   Universalium

  • lettuce — /let is/, n. 1. a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads. 2. any species of Lactuca. 3. Slang. U.S. dollar bills; greenbacks. [1250 1300; 1925 30 for def. 3; ME letuse, appar. …   Universalium

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