« on: 18 Jul, 2012, 18:10:08 »
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Stanchio?!
http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=508800&fid=2205&c=greecehttp://www.getamap.net/maps/greece/dodekanisos/_stanchio/cos
[The ancient name (Gr. Κως) of an island in the Ægean (now Stanchio).]
In full cos lettuce: a variety of lettuce introduced from the island of Cos.
1699 Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 130 Coss Lettuce from Turkey.
1753 Chambers Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Lettuce, The most valuable, of all the English lettuces, are the white cos, or the Versailles, the Silesia, and the black cos.
1832 Veg. Subst. Food 301 The cos and the cabbage lettuce.
1890 Daily News 31 Mar. 5/6 The tender cabbage lettuce_is more tender and digestible; but the cos holds its own because it produces a greater weight per acre.
Oxford English Dictionary
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