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butterleaf

butterleaf noun: a kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.

Noun

butterleaf (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) A kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.
    • This will not be a problem if you use a butterleaf lettuce like Bibb, or possibly the inner leaves of romaine or cabbage (it depends on the particular head).2008 April 9, Mark Bittman, “Quickly and Easily, a Touch of Elegance”, in New York Times

Origin of butterleaf

From butter + leaf.

Questions about butterleaf

What does butterleaf mean?
Butterleaf means a kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.
What part of speech is butterleaf?
Butterleaf is a noun.

Words near butterleaf in the dictionary

  1. butterises
  2. butterish
  3. butterknife
  4. butterknives
  5. Butterknowle
  6. butterleaf
  7. butterless
  8. butterlessness
  9. Butterley
  10. butterlike
  11. buttermaker

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