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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Silesia lettuce. [e.m.E. Silesia (1674) the German province, in collocation with linnen, and Letus(e n. Cf. 18th c. Eng. Silesian lettuce (1731).] A variety of lettuce. —1701 Foulis Acc. Bk. 290.
For 3 drap Silesia lettuce 12 s. 1706 Foulis Acc. Bk. 431.
