lactuca

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lactuca - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lactuca \Lac*tu"ca\, n. [L., lettuce. See Lettuce.] (Bot.)
     A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated
     for salad; lettuce.
     [1913 Webster]

lactuca - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lactuca
      n 1: an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce [syn:
           Lactuca, genus Lactuca]