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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claytonia \Clay*to"ni*a\, n. [Named after Dr.John Clayton, an American botanist.] (Bot.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called {spring beauty}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Claytonia n : genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes [syn: {Claytonia}, {genus Claytonia}]
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