leituga

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin lactūca.

• IPA^(key): /lejˈtuɣa̝/

leituga f (plural leitugas)

1. lettuce
2. cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
3. prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)

• “leituga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “leituga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “leituga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese leituga, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce, wolf's milk”), from lac (“milk”).

Cognate with Galician leituga, Spanish lechuga, Catalan lletuga, French laitue, Italian lattuga and Romanian lăptucă.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐj.ˈtu.ɣɐ/, /lej.ˈtu.ɣɐ/
• Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

leituga f (plural leitugas)

1. cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata); smooth cat's ear (Hypochaeris glabra)
2. hare lettuce (Sonchus fruticosus and S. pinnatus)
3. prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
4. European umbrella milkwort (Tolpis barbata)

• leite

• alface (“lettuce”)