Portulacaceae - Dictionary Definition and Overview
Portulacaceae
:
(noun)
1: family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas [syn:
Portulacaceae
,
family Portulacaceae
,
purslane family
]
Based on WordNet 2.0
Portulacaceous \Por`tu*la*ca"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
({Portulacace[ae]
), of which Portulaca is the type, and
which includes also the spring beauty ({Claytonia
) and other genera.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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