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iceberg lettuce

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iceberg lettuce
n.
A crisp, round, compact head of lettuce with light green, tightly folded leaves.

[From its pale color.]

iceberg lettuce
n
(Cookery) a type of lettuce with very crisp pale leaves tightly enfolded
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Noun1.iceberg lettuce - lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
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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Favourite vegetables: Beetroot, carrot, cucumber, iceberg lettuce.
Prepackaged salads tend to disappoint me: Usually, they’re nothing more than a pile of iceberg lettuce with a few limp carrot strips on top.
CHOP SALAD (Serves 4) Ingredients For the salad: 1 iceberg lettuce 410g red kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 avocado, peeled, stoned and diced 2 ripe tomatoes, chopped 1/2 red onion, finely diced 1tbsp chopped coriander leaves 1 jalapeno chilli (optional), finely sliced Corn chips, to garnish Sour cream (optional), to serve For the dressing: Juice of 1 1/2 limes 3tbsp olive oil Method Cut the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and put them into a large salad bowl.
 
 
 
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