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    GENUS MONTIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    genus Montia; Montia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Montia"):

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

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

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

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