crisphead lettuce


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Related to crisphead lettuce: butterhead lettuce, leaf lettuce
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Noun1.crisphead lettuce - lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
iceberg lettuce, iceberg
lettuce - leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
head lettuce, Lactuca sativa capitata - distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball
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