Standard Lemma guide

sleepwort

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lettuce

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English slepwort, slepwourt, equivalent to sleep + wort, after the mild sedative properties of lactucarium.