» indian lettuce
Noun (1 meaning)
1. a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves.
indian lettuce is a type of:
- herb, herbaceous plant (noun) - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem
types of indian lettuce:
- blinks, blinking chickweed, water chickweed, Montia lamprosperma (noun) - small Indian lettuce of northern regions
- broad-leaved montia, Montia cordifolia (noun) - succulent plant with mostly basal leaves
- toad lily, Montia chamissoi (noun) - a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers
- winter purslane, miner's lettuce, Cuban spinach, Montia perfoliata (noun) - succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb
indian lettuce is a member of:
- Montia, genus Montia (noun) - small genus of densely tufted annual herbs