lettuce

**LETTUCE** BACK TO RECIPE **//Lactuca Sativa L.//**  Vegetable:  + Lettuce is a vegetable because it bears no seeds or pit and its result isn't a blooming flower.  + The part of lettuce that makes it a vegetable is the **Leaves** __Did you know?__  + Lettuce is the second most popular plant in the U.S?  + Average Americans eat about 11 lb. of lettuce per year?  + Lettuce has only 9 calories  + Lettuce was served in dishes 4500+ years ago?  + Lettuce leaves' colors determine the nutrients in them?