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