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TOAD LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toad lily mean?
• TOAD LILY (noun)
The noun TOAD LILY has 1 sense:
1. a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America
Familiarity information: TOAD LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Montia chamissoi; toad lily
Hypernyms ("toad lily" is a kind of...):
Indian lettuce (a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves)
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