lactuca

Thân thiện

A gardener harvests fresh lactuca from the vegetable patch.

Definition

Noun 1. A genus of plants: Lactuca is the genus name for a group of herbaceous plants, most of which have milky sap or juice. The most common and commercially important species within this genus is the lettuce.

Usage Notes

• is a scientific, botanical term. In everyday language, people use the common names of the plants within this genus (e.g., lettuce).
• It is always capitalized because it is a proper noun referring to a genus.

Examples

• The wild plant, , is considered the ancestor of modern cultivated lettuce.
• Botanists study the genus to understand the diversity of leafy vegetables.
• Several species of can be found growing in temperate regions.

Advanced Usage

• In Botanical Classification: The term is used formally in the binomial nomenclature (two-part naming system) for species. For example, garden lettuce is classified as .
• "Lactuca" as a Modifier: It can be used adjectivally in compound botanical terms, such as species or cultivation.

Variants and Related Words

• Lettuce (n): The common name for the cultivated edible leaves of plants primarily from the species .
• Prickly Lettuce (n): A common name for , a wild relative of domestic lettuce.

Synonyms

• Lettuce genus: A descriptive synonym emphasizing its most well-known member.

Different Meanings

This word has a single, specific meaning as a botanical genus name. It does not have other common definitions.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Lactuca
• genus Lactuca