toad lily

toad lily
noun
a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America
Syn: ↑Montia chamissoi
Hypernyms: ↑Indian lettuce

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noun
1. : a showy Japanese herb (Tricyrtis hirta) of the family Melanthaceae that is often cultivated for its delicately spotted white flowers
2. : a common white water lily (Nymphaea odorata) of No. America
3. : a cultivated bulbous herb (Fritillaria pyrenaica) of southern Europe with ill-smelling usually solitary wine-purple flowers
4. : an Indian lettuce (Montia chamissoi) of moist areas at high elevations of western No. America with usually decumbent stems and axillary or terminal racemes of small white or pink flowers

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