romaine

romaine [roh-meyn, ruh-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.

Origin of romaine 1905–10; French, feminine of romain Roman Examples from the Web for romaine Historical Examples of romaine

Cress, Romaine, or bleached chicory may be used in place of lettuce.

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Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer

“Yes, but don’t kick that way,” said Romaine Smith, choking and sneezing.

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Susan Coolidge

“I wish there really was a mill like that; I know what I would grind,” said Romaine.

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Susan Coolidge

The old struggles of Alsace and Romaine come back to memory.

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Hezekiah Butterworth

As she had determined, from that moment she devoted herself to Romaine.

Belford’s Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889

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British Dictionary definitions for romaine romaine noun

1. the usual US and Canadian name for cos 1

Word Origin for romaine C20: from French, from romain Roman Word Origin and History for romaine adj.

type of lettuce, 1876, from French romaine (in laitue romaine, literally “Roman lettuce”), from fem. of Old French romain “Roman,” from Latin Romanus (see Roman). Perhaps so called because of the lettuce’s introduction into France (by Bureau de la Rivière, chamberlain of Charles V and VI) at the time of the Avignon papacy (1309-77).