LACTUCA
\lˈaktjuːkə], \lˈaktjuːkə], \l_ˈa_k_t_j_uː_k_ə]\
Definitions of LACTUCA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Ord. Compositae, is used as a wholesome salad. The seeds possess a quantity of oil, which, when formed into an emulsion, has been advised in ardor urinae, etc. The inspissated juice, Lactucarium, Thridace, Lettuce opium, resembles, in odour and appearance, that of opium, and is, like it, narcotic, but uncertain.
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