romaine
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ro·maine
(rō-mān') 
n.
A cultivar of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) having a slender head of oblong or obovate leaves with broad midribs. Also called cos, cos lettuce.
n.
A cultivar of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) having a slender head of oblong or obovate leaves with broad midribs. Also called cos, cos lettuce.
[French, from feminine of Romain, Roman, from Old French, from Latin Rōmānus, from Rōma, Rome.]
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cos lettuce
Long-leafed variety of lettuce, known in the USA as romaine.
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