lactucarium

Modern Latin, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”)

• IPA^(key): /læktjuːˈkɛəɹɪəm/

lactucarium (uncountable)

1. The thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug for its sedative and analgesic properties.

• lettuce opium

• wild lettuce

Modern Latin, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”).

• IPA^(key): /lak.ty.ka.ʁjɔm/

lactucarium m (uncountable)

1. lactucarium, lettuce opium

• “lactucarium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.