lettuce leaf

Crisp salad piece

A lettuce leaf is a single leaf from a head of lettuce, used in salads, sandwiches, or as a wrap.

Lettuce leaf also names a variety of basil with large, crinkled leaves resembling lettuce: I grow lettuce leaf basil for pesto.

Related

salad bowl · salad bar · green · cool · iceberg · sandwich · butterhead · tender · wrap · taco shell · crunchy · arugula · soft · garnish · chicory · endive · blade · lamina

Categories
Opposites
plant part

lettuce leafstalk

Plant's vertical support

root · stem · seed · flower · bulb

salad/sandwich component type

lettuce leafbacon

Cured smoked pork

cheese slice · burger patty · deli meat · crouton · hard-boiled egg

texture/composition in culinary context

lettuce leafhard shell

Rigid outer protective layer

leathery skin

Family

leaf, leafy, lettuce, leafless, lettuces, leafage, leaflike, lettuce leaves

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G