head lettuce
vegetable
Also known as: Lactuca sativa variety capitata, cabbage lettuce
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types of lettuce
- In lettuce
…thick, succulent, edible stem; (2) head, or cabbage, lettuce (variety capitata), with the leaves folded into a compact head; (3) leaf, or curled, lettuce (variety crispa), with a rosette of leaves that are curled, finely cut, smooth-edged, or oak-leaved in shape; and (4) cos, or romaine, lettuce (variety longifolia), with…
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