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leituga
leituga
Portuguese
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leitugas (Hypochaeris radicata)
Etymology
From Latin lactuca (“lettuce, wolf's milk”), from lac (“milk”).
Cognate with Galician leituga, Spanish lechuga, Catalan lletuga, French laitue, Italian lattuga and Romanian lăptucă.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐj.ˈtu.ɣɐ/, /lej.ˈtu.ɣɐ/
- Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga
Noun
leituga f (plural leitugas)
- cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata); smooth cat's ear (Hypochaeris glabra)
- hare lettuce (Sonchus fruticosus and Sonchus pinnatus)
- prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
- European umbrella milkwort (Tolpis barbata)
Related terms
See also
- alface (“lettuce”)