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Montia

noun

small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia

• Syn: ↑genus Montia

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Indian lettuce

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\\ˈmäntēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Giuseppe Monti died 1760 Italian botanist & New Latin -ia

: a small genus of densely tufted annual herbs (family Portulacaceae) having opposite fleshy leaves, flowers with two sepals and three white petals, and a three-seeded capsule — see blinks, toad lily, water chickweed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.