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romaine

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ro·maine  (r-mn)
n.
A cultivar of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) having a slender head of oblong or obovate leaves with broad midribs. Also called cos1, cos lettuce.
[French, from feminine of Romain, Roman, from Old French, from Latin Rmnus, from Rma, Rome.]
romaine [rəʊˈmeɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the usual US and Canadian name for cos1 (lettuce)
[from French, from romain Roman]
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Noun1.romaine - lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated headromaine - lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
cos, cos lettuce, romaine lettuce
lettuce - leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
Translations
romaine [rəʊˈmeɪn] N (US, Canada) (also romaine lettuce) → lechuga f romana, lechuga f cos
romaine
n (US) → Romagnasalat m, → römischer Salat
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