romaine lettuce

noun

A long-leaved variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. longifolia.

Similar
coscos lettuceromaine//RomaineLactuca sativa longifoliaromaine

Meanings

romaine lettuce1

nounromaine lettuce (uncountable)

alternative Romaine lettuce

  1. uncountableA long-leaved variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. longifolia.

    Get creative and build a pharmafood salad by using healthier greens, like romaine lettuce or spinach.

    2009, Jack Goldberg, The Four Corners Diet: The Healthy Low-Carb Way of Eating for a Lifetime
    3 more examples

    Cauliflower Salad Ingredients 1 head of Cauliflower 3 cups of shredded romaine lettuce 1 cup veganaise ½ cup unsweetened soy milk 1 tsp stevia glycerite 1 tsp Braggs Liquid Aminos 2 tbsp Vegan Bacon Bits Clean and cut Cauliflower.

    2007, Fayth Silveus, Fayth's Christian Cookbook, page 30

    When the burgers are ready, place them on the toasted rolls with the romaine lettuce leaves and top with the salsa.

    2012, Jo McAuley, “[Meat and Poultry] Turkey Burgers with Spicy Salsa”, in Hamlyn QuickCook: Low Fat, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, page 152

    The chazeret and maror are bitter herbs that bring tears to the eyes to reflect the slavery in Egypt. The maror is often horseradish, while the chazeret is normally romaine lettuce.

    2021, Yvonne Riddick, Courage for My Journey from Eternity to Eternity

    Synonyms: cos, cos lettuce, romaine//Romaine

Romaine lettuce2

nounRomaine lettuce (uncountable)

alternative Romaine

  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of romaine lettuce.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA long-leaved variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. longifolia.

Similar
coscos lettuceromaine//Romaine

More synonyms by meaning

nounlettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves

Similar
cos lettuceLactuca sativa longifolia
Broader

nounlettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchlaitue romaine“Roman lettuce”
  2. Englishromaine lettuce

A partial calque of French laitue romaine (“Roman lettuce”), from its supposed association with Rome.

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Translations

Bulgarian маруля
  • маруля (marulja)Lactuca sativa longifolia
Catalan enciam llarg, enciam romà
  • enciam llargLactuca sativa longifolia
  • enciam romàLactuca sativa longifolia
Chinese 萝蔓莴苣
  • 萝蔓莴苣Lactuca sativa longifolia
Czech římský salát
  • římský salátLactuca sativa longifolia
Dutch bindsla
  • bindslaLactuca sativa longifolia
Estonian Rooma salat
  • Rooma salatLactuca sativa longifolia
Finnish romainesalaatti, roomansalaatti
  • romainesalaattiLactuca sativa longifolia
  • roomansalaattiLactuca sativa longifolia
  • sidesalaattiLactuca sativa longifolia
French laitue romaine, romaine
  • laitue romaineLactuca sativa longifolia
  • romaineLactuca sativa longifolia
German Römersalat, römischer Salat
  • RömersalatLactuca sativa longifolia
  • römischer SalatLactuca sativa longifolia
  • LattichLactuca sativa longifolia
  • KochsalatLactuca sativa longifolia
  • SommerendivieLactuca sativa longifolia
Greek μαρούλι ρωμάνα
  • μαρούλι ρωμάνα (maroúli romána)Lactuca sativa longifolia
Hungarian római saláta, kötözősaláta
  • római salátaLactuca sativa longifolia
  • kötözősalátaLactuca sativa longifolia
Polish sałata rzymska
  • sałata rzymskaLactuca sativa longifolia
Spanish lechuga romana
  • lechuga romanaLactuca sativa longifolia
Swedish romansallat
  • romansallatLactuca sativa longifolia
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