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lamb's lettuce

lamb's lettuce noun: corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves are used in salads.

lamb's lettuce: corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves...
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Noun

lamb's lettuce (uncountable)

  1. corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves are used in salads.

Questions about lamb's lettuce

What does lamb's lettuce mean?
Lamb's lettuce means corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves are used in salads.
What part of speech is lamb's lettuce?
Lamb's lettuce is a noun.

Words near lamb's lettuce in the dictionary

  1. lamb's cress
  2. lamb's ear
  3. lamb's ears
  4. lamb's fries
  5. lamb's fry
  6. lamb's lettuce
  7. lamb's quarters
  8. lamb's succory
  9. lamb's tails
  10. lamb's tongue
  11. lamb's-ear

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