celtuce

celtuce

English

Etymology

Blend of celery +‎ lettuce

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlt.əs/

Noun

celtuce (countable and uncountable, plural celtuces)

1. A cultivar of lettuce harvested primarily for its 15- to 20-centimeter stem.

Synonyms

• (type of lettuce): asparagus lettuce, celery lettuce, Chinese lettuce, stem lettuce

Translations

type of lettuce

Chinese: Mandarin: 萵筍／莴笋 (zh) (wōsǔn), 萵苣／莴苣 (zh) (wōjù) Finnish: parsasalaatti French: lattuga asparago f German: Spargelsalat m Romanian: salată chinezească f Spanish: lechuga china f Vietnamese: diếp ngồng, diếp thơm

Further reading

• celtuce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia