iceberg lettuce
Pale salad head
Iceberg lettuce is a variety of lettuce with a round, compact head and crisp, pale green leaves.
The most common lettuce in American supermarkets, it has a mild flavor and satisfying crunch but less nutritional value than darker greens: a wedge salad with iceberg lettuce and blue cheese dressing.
The name comes from its appearance when packed in ice for shipping.
- salad greensEdible raw leaves
- leafy greensEdible plant foliage
- saladCold dressed vegetables
- side saladVegetable accompaniment to entrée
- salad barSelf-service vegetable station
watery · crunchy texture · BLT · wedge · wedge salad · butterhead · leaf · cabbage · head · coleslaw · looseleaf · cold · tomato · green · ranch · blue cheese dressing · dressing · chopped
- vegetablesbroccoli, carrots, carrot, potato, cucumber
- bland foodswhite rice, plain rice, tofu, boiled chicken, oatmeal
- California cropsalmonds, avocados, grapes, oranges, strawberries
- green foodsbroccoli, spinach, cucumber, celery, kale
- greensspinach, kale, arugula, chard, collard greens
- leafy greensspinach, kale, curly kale, collard greens, chard
lettuce variety sophistication
iceberg lettucekale
Loose-leafed cabbage relative
dark leafy greens · arugula · spinach · Swiss chard · collard greens