butter lettuce

noun

: a lettuce (such as Bibb or Boston lettuce) with a soft loose head of tender oily mild-flavored leaves

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The seafood cocktail is served in a buttery avocado half next to some hearts of butter lettuce. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024 Add the butter lettuce, spinach, watercress, arugula and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted. Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024 Now Uh and wife Mina Park focus on a succinct $110 tasting menu, served at a just-right pace designed for Angelenos, with centerpieces like skate wing ssam cradled in butter lettuce with fresh herbs and brightening slicks of gooseberry emulsion and seaweed remoulade. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 The leafy greens — spinach, butter lettuce, arugula and watercress — will wilt quickly when they’re placed in liquid. Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for butter lettuce 

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of butter lettuce was in 1828

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“Butter lettuce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butter%20lettuce. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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