romaine (redirected from romaines)

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.

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[French, from feminine of Romain, Roman, from Old French, from Latin Rmnus, from Rma, Rome.]

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romaine - 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