romaine lettuce

See also: Romaine lettuce

English

Alternative forms

• Romaine lettuce, romaine, Romaine

Etymology

Partial calque of French laitue romaine (“Roman lettuce”), from its supposed association with Rome.

Pronunciation

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Noun

romaine lettuce (uncountable)

1. A long-leaved variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. longifolia.
   • 2007, Fayth Silveus, Fayth's Christian Cookbook, page 30:

     Cauliflower Salad Ingredients 1 head of Cauliflower 3 cups of shredded romaine lettuce 1 cup veganaise ½ cup unsweetened soy milk 1 tsp stevia glycerite 1 tsp Braggs Liquid Aminos 2 tbsp Vegan Bacon Bits Clean and cut Cauliflower.

   • 2009, Jack Goldberg, The Four Corners Diet: The Healthy Low-Carb Way of Eating for a Lifetime‎^[1]:

     Get creative and build a pharmafood salad by using healthier greens, like romaine lettuce or spinach.

   • 2012, Jo McAuley, “[Meat and Poultry] Turkey Burgers with Spicy Salsa”, in Hamlyn QuickCook: Low Fat, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, page 152:

     When the burgers are ready, place them on the toasted rolls with the romaine lettuce leaves and top with the salsa.

   • 2021, Yvonne Riddick, Courage for My Journey from Eternity to Eternity:

     The chazeret and maror are bitter herbs that bring tears to the eyes to reflect the slavery in Egypt. The maror is often horseradish, while the chazeret is normally romaine lettuce.

Synonyms

• cos, Cos lettuce, cos lettuce

Translations

Lactuca sativa longifolia

• Bulgarian: маруля (bg) f (marulja)
• Catalan: enciam llarg m, enciam romà m
• Dutch: bindsla (nl)
• Estonian: Rooma salat
• Finnish: romainesalaatti, roomansalaatti, sidesalaatti
• French: laitue romaine (fr) f, romaine (fr) f
• Galician: leituga romana (gl) f
• German: Römersalat m, römischer Salat m, Lattich (de) m (Switzerland), Kochsalat (de) m (Austria), Sommerendivie f
• Greek: μαρούλι ρωμάνα n (maroúli romána)
• Hungarian: római saláta, kötözősaláta (hu)
• Polish: sałata rzymska
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• Swedish: romansallat (sv) c