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hare's lettuce

hare's lettuce noun: common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus).

Noun

hare's lettuce (uncountable)

  1. Common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus).

Origin of hare's lettuce

So called because hares were said to eat it when fainting with heat.

Questions about hare's lettuce

What does hare's lettuce mean?
Hare's lettuce means common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus).
What part of speech is hare's lettuce?
Hare's lettuce is a noun.

Words near hare's lettuce in the dictionary

  1. hare scrambles
  2. hare's bread
  3. hare's breads
  4. hare's ear
  5. hare's foot
  6. hare's lettuce
  7. hare's-beard
  8. hare's-foot
  9. hare's-foot fern
  10. hare's-foot ferns
  11. hare's-tail

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