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Definition of romaine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

romaine

noun
 
/rəʊˈmeɪn/
 
/rəʊˈmeɪn/
(North American English)
(British English also cos lettuce)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a type of lettuce with long, narrow leaves that form a tall head
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRomaine is used before these nouns:
    • lettuce
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, feminine of romain ‘Roman’.
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