lettuce

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
2. (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
3. (US, slang, uncountable) United States paper currency; dollars.
4. (countable, uncountable) A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
5. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
6. (slang, uncountable) Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.

Synonyms

bread

🍞

dough

salad

wampum

shekels

cabbage

moolah

kale

lolly

dinero

scratch

loot

simoleons

lucre

boodle

pelf

clams

garden lettuce

sugar

gelt

leaf salad

charge

cost

expense

figure

head lettuce

paper money

price

rate

terms

prickly lettuce

butterhead lettuce

common lettuce

leaf lettuce

Lactu ca sativa

Translations

lechuga

lattuga

laitue

sla

alface

μαρούλι

Kopfsalat

Salat

enciam

salade

lactuca

salade

kropsla

latuw

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛtɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: letuse

In summary

From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric.
(money): Likely from the green color of US banknotes.