iceberg lettuce

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iceberg lettuce

A variety of lettuce with crisp, pale green leaves that form a compact, round head.

[From its pale color.]

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iceberg lettuce

(Cookery) a type of lettuce with very crisp pale leaves tightly enfolded

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ice′berg let′tuce

a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.

[1890–95]

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iceberg lettuce - lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"

crisphead lettuce, iceberg

lettuce - leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa

head lettuce, Lactuca sativa capitata - distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball

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The more crispy ones include iceberg lettuce, romaine, butterhead lettuce, escarole and radicchio while the slightly loose and bitter ones include rocket leaves, frisee, watercress and spinach.

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