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lactuca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lactuca has 1 sense
- lactuca(n = noun.plant) genus lactuca - an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce; Array is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae
CIDE DICTIONARY
lactuca, n. [L., lettuce. See Lettuce.].
A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated for salad; lettuce. [1913 Webster]
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