MINER'S LETTUCE


Meaning of MINER'S LETTUCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1897

: a glossy green herb ( Montia perfoliata syn. Claytonia perfoliata ) of the purslane family especially of western North America that produces racemes of pink to white flowers subtended by a disk of two leaves united around the stem and is used as a salad green

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