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MONTIA PERFOLIATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Montia perfoliata mean? 

MONTIA PERFOLIATA (noun)
  The noun MONTIA PERFOLIATA has 1 sense:

1. succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: MONTIA PERFOLIATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONTIA PERFOLIATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cuban spinach; miner's lettuce; Montia perfoliata; winter purslane

Hypernyms ("Montia perfoliata" is a kind of...):

Indian lettuce (a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves)


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