butterheads

Tender salad greens

Butterheads are a type of lettuce with soft, loosely folded leaves and a mild, slightly sweet flavor.

The name comes from the tender, buttery texture of the inner leaves.

Boston and Bibb are the most common varieties.

Butterhead also works as a mild insult for someone dim-witted: Don't be such a butterhead.

lettuce

hydroponic

Grown in water only

tender · soft · delicate · rosette · greens · leafy · salad · garden · vegetable · mild

salad

vinaigrette

Oil-and-sour sauce

cucumbers · radishes · carrots · onions · olives · feta · garden · tossed · mixed · wrap

cultivation

hydroponic

Grown in water only

horticulture · cultivation · grower · seedling · transplant · harvest · organic · soil · container · bolting

Opposites
lettuce head structure

butterheadsiceberg lettuce

Compact, pale salad green

iceberg · romaine · cos lettuce

lettuce growth form

butterheadsred leaf lettuce

Loose-leafed salad plant, pigmented

green leaf lettuce

Family

butterhead

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G