Indian lettuce

/ˌɪndiən ˌlɛdəs/

Definitions of Indian lettuce

1. noun

   a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves
   types:

   Montia cordifolia, broad-leaved montia

   succulent plant with mostly basal leaves; stem bears 1 pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of 3-10 white flowers; western North America

   Montia lamprosperma, blinking chickweed, blinks, water chickweed

   small Indian lettuce of northern regions

   Montia chamissoi, toad lily

   a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America

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

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

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests