MONTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Montia mean? 

• MONTIA (noun)
  The noun MONTIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MONTIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Montia; Montia

Hypernyms ("Montia" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Montia"):

Indian lettuce (a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves)

Holonyms ("Montia" is a member of...):

family Portulacaceae; Portulacaceae; purslane family (family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas)