leaf lettuce

American  

noun

1. a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.

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Example Sentences

Other eco-friendly food wraps include vegetable bags made of terry cloth — “It keeps my red leaf lettuce fresh for 10 days,” Dobson says — and compostable cheese paper.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

The iceberg slab stands up to hot sandwich applications, where shredded or leaf lettuce wilts into "wettuce," as Lalli Music explains in a recent fried fish sandwich video.

From Salon • May 28, 2021

Ssam, in Korean, means “wrap,” usually involving salted napa cabbage, especially the tender inner leaves; feathery perilla; or fresh, crisp red leaf lettuce.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2020

Are you feeling like jasmine rice made with coconut milk and lime; brown rice scented with Thai basil, garlic and lime; or shreds of baby kale and green leaf lettuce?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2015

You finish the grilling yourself, the way you like it, and then wrap the sweetened meat with rice and paste in leaf lettuce, and eat quickly with your hands.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee