butterleaf

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noun

A kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.

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Meanings

nounbutterleaf (uncountable)
  1. attributiveoftenuncountableA kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.

    This will not be a problem if you use a butterleaf lettuce like Bibb, or possibly the inner leaves of romaine or cabbage (it depends on the particular head).

    2008 April 9, Mark Bittman, “Quickly and Easily, a Touch of Elegance”, in New York Times

Origin

From butter + leaf.

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APA

butterleaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterleaf

MLA

“butterleaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterleaf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butterleaf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterleaf.

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