montia perfoliata

1. 1.

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

   Synonymswinter purslaneminer's lettuceCuban spinach

   BroaderIndian lettuce

Questions about montia perfoliata

What does montia perfoliata mean?

montia perfoliata means "succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America".

What is another word for montia perfoliata?

Close synonyms include winter purslane, miner's lettuce, Cuban spinach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is montia perfoliata a common word?

montia perfoliata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.