Portulaca

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant in the genus Portulaca
  2. 2
    a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers

Synonyms

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purslanepurslane

Etymology

From the genus name Portulaca.

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