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Definition of Indian lettuce
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves.
Specialized synonyms: Broad-leaved Montia, Montia Cordifolia, Blinking Chickweed, Blinks, Montia Lamprosperma, Water Chickweed, Montia Chamissoi, Toad Lily, Cuban Spinach, Miner's Lettuce, Montia Perfoliata, Winter Purslane
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Lettuce
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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