romaine

[roh-meyn, ruh-] /roʊˈmeɪn, rə-/
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
1905-10; < French, feminine of romain Roman
Examples from the web for romaine
  • Discard the tough outer leaves and trim the tough ends of the head of romaine.
  • At peak bloom now, it has foliage that reminds me of fat little romaine lettuce leaves.
  • Varieties grown include head lettuce, leaf lettuce, and romaine.
British Dictionary definitions for romaine

romaine

/rəʊˈmeɪn/
noun
1.
the usual US and Canadian name for cos1
Word Origin
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).