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Noun: broad-leaved montia
  1. 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
    "Broad-leaved montia flourished in the moist mountain meadow"; "Montia cordifolia flourished in the moist mountain meadow";
    - Montia cordifolia
Noun: Montia
  1. Small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia
    - genus Montia

Type of: caryophylloid dicot genus, Indian lettuce

Part of: family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family

Encyclopedia: Montia