Meanings
plural prickly lettuces
- Lactuca serriola, an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.
Synonyms: milk thistle, compass plant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLactuca serriola, an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.
More synonyms by meaning
nounEuropean annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish piikkisalaatti
- piikkisalaattiLactuca serriola
German Stachel-Lattich
- Stachel-LattichLactuca serriola
Korean 가시상추
- 가시상추 (gasisangchu)Lactuca serriola
Polish sałata kompasowa
- sałata kompasowaLactuca serriola
Turkish yabani marul, yağ marulu
- yabani marulLactuca serriola
- yağ maruluLactuca serriola
Ukrainian салат компасний
- салат компасний (salat kompasnyj)Lactuca serriola
Vietnamese nhũ diệp đầu tên
- nhũ diệp đầu tênLactuca serriola
Welsh letusen bigog
- letusen bigogLactuca serriola
Cite this entry
prickly lettuce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickly%20lettuce
“prickly lettuce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickly%20lettuce. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prickly lettuce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickly%20lettuce.
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