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portulaca


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Portulaca  \Por`tu*la"ca\,  n.  [L.,  purslane.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  polypetalous  plants;  also  any  plant  of  the  genus. 
 
  Note:  {Portulaca  oleracea}  is  the  common  purslane.  {P. 
  grandiflora}  is  a  South  American  herb,  widely 
  cultivated  for  its  showy  crimson,  scarlet,  yellow,  or 
  white,  ephemeral  blossoms. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  portulaca 
  n  :  a  plant  of  the  genus  Portulaca  having  pink  or  red  or  purple 
  or  white  ephemeral  flowers 




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