"romaine lettuce" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Partial calque of French laitue romaine (“Roman lettuce”), from its supposed association with Rome. Etymology templates: {{pcal|en|fr|laitue romaine||Roman lettuce}} Partial calque of French laitue romaine (“Roman lettuce”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} romaine lettuce (uncountable)
  1. A long-leaved variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. longifolia. Wikipedia link: romaine lettuce Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Cichorieae tribe plants, Vegetables Synonyms: cos, Cos lettuce, cos lettuce, Romaine lettuce, romaine, Romaine Translations (Lactuca sativa longifolia): маруля (marulja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), enciam llarg [masculine] (Catalan), enciam romà [masculine] (Catalan), bindsla (Dutch), Rooma salat (Estonian), romainesalaatti (Finnish), roomansalaatti (Finnish), sidesalaatti (Finnish), laitue romaine [feminine] (French), romaine [feminine] (French), leituga romana [feminine] (Galician), Römersalat [masculine] (German), römischer Salat [masculine] (German), Lattich [Switzerland, masculine] (German), Kochsalat [Austria, masculine] (German), Sommerendivie [feminine] (German), μαρούλι ρωμάνα (maroúli romána) [neuter] (Greek), római saláta (Hungarian), kötözősaláta (Hungarian), sałata rzymska (Polish), romansallat [common-gender] (Swedish)

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