lactuca

IPA: ɫˈæktjˈukʌ

Root Word: Lactuca

Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Examples of "lactuca" in Sentences

Each plant derives its name, _lactuca_, from its milky juice; in Latin
Ulva lactuca is a thin flat green alga growing from a discoid holdfast.
There is a picture on the Lactuca page it would be helpful if it was here too.
Other Philippine seaweeds used as medicine include Gracilaria lichenoides and Ulva lactuca (Nuqui,
It owes its Latin name lactuca to lac or milk, the plant’s bitter white sap or latex, which is mentioned in many ancient treatises.
The waters are covered with zostera; and in the midst of a very extensive bank of weeds, we distinguish a free and circular spot of three feet in diameter, on which float a few scattered masses of Ulva lactuca.
Bays popular with Britons from La Baule, a top summer beach destination in southern Brittany, to Granville in the Cotentin are now struggling to dispose of thousands of tons of Ulva lactuca - more commonly known as sea lettuce.
Page 288 middle of March, and then wherever they appear, we may plant peas and beans in the open grounds, (vitia sativa) French beans (phaccolus) sow raddishes, (raphanus) lettuce, (lactuca) onions, (cepa) pastinaca, daucus, and almost every kind of exculent garden seeds, without fear or danger from frosts; for although we have sometimes frosts after their first appearance for a night or two yet not so severe as to injure the young plants.