Meanings
nouniceberg lettuce (countable and uncountable, plural iceberg lettuces)
plural iceberg lettuces
- countableuncountableA lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.
I wonder how many of the readers of AMERICAN GARDENING have tried the Iceberg lettuce.
1895, American Gardening, volume 16, page 237
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
Similar
crisphead lettuceiceberg
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Apparently originally a trade name.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian а́йсберг
- а́йсберг (ájsberg)vegetable
Chinese Mandarin 卷心萵苣 /卷心莴苣
- 卷心萵苣 /卷心莴苣 (juǎnxīn wōjù)vegetable
Dutch ijsbergsla
- ijsbergslavegetable
Esperanto glacilaktuko
- glacilaktukovegetable
Finnish jäävuorisalaatti
- jäävuorisalaattivegetable
French laitue iceberg
- laitue icebergvegetable
German Eisbergsalat
- Eisbergsalatvegetable
Hungarian jégsaláta
- jégsalátavegetable
Indonesian selada bokor
- selada bokorvegetable
Italian lattuga iceberg
- lattuga icebergvegetable
Korean 양상추
- 양상추 (yangsangchu)vegetable
Polish sałata lodowa
- sałata lodowavegetable
Portuguese alface americana
- alface americanavegetable
Spanish lechuga iceberg
- lechuga icebergvegetable
Swedish isbergssallad
- isbergssalladvegetable
Turkish göbek marul
- göbek marulvegetable
Yiddish אײַזבאַרג־שאַלאַטן
- אײַזבאַרג־שאַלאַטן (ayzbarg-shalatn)vegetable
Cite this entry
APA
iceberg lettuce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceberg%20lettuce
MLA
“iceberg lettuce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceberg%20lettuce. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iceberg lettuce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceberg%20lettuce.
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