Definition of Indian lettuce

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Lettuce

Indian currant
Indian elephant
Indian elephants
Indian fig
Indian figs
Indian file
Indian flap
Indian ginger
Indian giver
Indian givers
Indian giving
Indian grackle
Indian gum
Indian hemp
Indian ink
Indian lettuce (current term)
Indian lotus
Indian madder
Indian mallow
Indian meal
Indian method
Indian millet
Indian monetary unit
Indian mongoose
Indian mulberry
Indian mustard
Indian operation
Indian paint
Indian paintbrush
Indian pangolin

Literary usage of Indian lettuce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1832)
"vels under the name of Indian lettuce; he says " a very singular and elegant plant, of an unknown family, called Indian lettuce, made its first appearance ..."

2. A flora of western middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"MONTIA L. Indian lettuce. Moderately succulent low herbs, very glabrous and often glaucous ... Also called Indian lettuce and Squaw Cabbage. Feb.-June. Var. ..."

3. Under the Sky in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1913)
"... known as Miners' or Indian lettuce, the younger stems and leaves of which boiled with bacon and served with slices of hard boiled egg (if you have eggs ..."

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