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ro·maine

(rō-mān′)

A variety of lettuce having a slender head of long dark-green leaves with broad midribs. Also called cos¹, cos lettuce.

[French, from feminine of Romain, Roman, from Old French, from Latin Rōmānus, from Rōma, Rome.]

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romaine

(rəʊˈmeɪn)

(Plants) the usual US and Canadian name for cos¹

[C20: from French, from romain Roman]

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ro•maine

(roʊˈmeɪn, rə-)

n.

a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, loose leaves.

Also called romaine′ let′tuce, cos.

[1905–10; < French, feminine of romain Roman]

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Noun

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

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romaine

[rəʊˈmeɪn] N (US, Canada) (also romaine lettuce) → lechuga f romana, lechuga f cos

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romaine

n (US) → Romagnasalat m, → römischer Salat

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