Portulaca Definition

pôrchə-lăkə
noun
A fleshy annual plant (Portulaca grandiflora) of the purslane family, usually with yellow, pink, or purple flowers.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae "” the portulacas or purslanes.

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Other Word Forms of Portulaca

Noun

Singular:
portulaca
Plural:
portulacas

Origin of Portulaca

  • Middle English from Latin portulāca purslane from portula diminutive of porta gate (from the gatelike covering of the seed capsule) per-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Portulaca Sentence Examples

  • Annuals that have been sown in the greenhouse or hotbed may be planted out, and seeds of such sorts as mignonette, sweet alyssum, Phlox Drummondii, portulaca, &c., may be sown in the beds or borders.

  • I have made a satisfactory dinner, satisfactory on several accounts, simply off a dish of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) which I gathered in my cornfield, boiled and salted.

  • Spatlum (Lewisia) - Remarkable and beautiful Rocky Mountain plants, allied to Portulaca, L. rediviva being very dwarf, 1 inch or so high, with a small tuft of narrow leaves, from the centre of which the flower-stalks arise.

  • It relaxes facial muscles with Portulaca while Hyaluronic Acid fills in the face's creases.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOR

Words Ending With

ACAACA

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