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Definition: Lettuce opium
Lettuce
\Let"tuce\ (l[e^]t"t[i^]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob.
through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L.
lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac,
lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows
from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf.
Lacteal,
Lactucic.]
1. (Bot.) A composite plant of the genus
Lactuca (
Lactuca sativa
), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of
this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is
obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States
is
Lactuca Canadensis.
[1913 Webster]
2. United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks. [slang]
[PJC]
Hare's lettuce,
Lamb's lettuce. See under
Hare, and
Lamb.
Lettuce opium. See
Lactucarium.
Sea lettuce, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus
Ulva.
[1913 Webster]
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