lettuce

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Her refrigerator is full of iceberg lettuce, ranch dressing and Diet Coke.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

They banked almost 500,000 seeds from 19 species, including relatives of lettuce, parsnip, strawberry, radish, quinoa, blackberry, alfalfa and several species used as fodder crops for livestock.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

In the early 1970s, he launched a nationwide boycott of iceberg lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that certain crops -- tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce -- tend to store these chemicals mainly in their leaves.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

She put on throwaway gloves, then cleaned my potty corner, changed my bedding, gave me fresh water and finally—oh, joy!—gave me fresh grain, some lettuce and mealworms.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney