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| Bibb lettuce |
a variety of lettuce with a small round head of loose, tender, dark green leaves. |
| BLT |
a toasted sandwich made with fried bacon, strips of lettuce, and sliced tomato. |
| falafel |
a sandwich made of falafel, diced tomato or cucumber, sometimes onions or lettuce, and a sauce, usu. stuffed into pita bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| green alga |
any of numerous algae with green coloring, such as sea lettuce. |
| head lettuce |
a variety of lettuce, such as iceberg, in which the leaves form a round compact ball. |
| iceberg lettuce |
a type of lettuce having a round, compact head of crisp light green leaves. |
| romaine |
a variety of lettuce with long, narrow, crisp leaves shaped into a cylindrical head. |
| salad |
any of various cold vegetable mixtures, usu. containing lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onions, and the like, and served with a dressing. [1/2 definitions] |
| tostada |
a crisp fried tortilla, esp. when topped by refried beans, cheese, lettuce, ground meat, and the like. |
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