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romaine

ro·maine

UK/ɹoʊˈmeɪn/ US/roʊˈmeɪn/ uncommon

noun

Origin

Ellipsis of romaine lettuce, from French laitue romaine, and direct borrowing of French romaine, from its supposed association with Rome.

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