green curl lettuce; curly-leaf lettuce
A wasei-eigo term for a lettuce variety with frilled, curly green leaves. Often compared to サニーレタス (red leaf lettuce).
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from green curl
See also: サニーレタス
I used plenty of green curl lettuce in the salad.
Green curl lettuce has soft leaves and is easy to eat.
Variant with interpunct; less common in everyday use.
Wasei-eigo from English 'green' and 'curl', referring to the curly green leaves of this lettuce variety.