Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 萵 Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1042, Entry 47 Collected Phonetics (Jiyun): Pronounced wo. Classified Lexicon (Leipian): Lettuce, the name of a vegetable. Du Fu, Preface to the Poem on Planting Lettuce: I cleared a small plot of vegetable ground below the hall, separated it, and planted a mat or two of lettuce; it has been nearly twenty days. Also, Sequel to the Record of Investigation of Things (Xu bowuzhi): Lettuce originated in the State of Wo; it is poisonous, and all manner of insects dare not approach it.