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Portulaca


Porˊtu-la′ca

,
Noun.
[L., purslane.]
(Bot.)
A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
Portulaca oleracea
is the common purslane.
Portulaca grandiflora
is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.

Definition 2024


Portulaca

Portulaca

See also: portulaca

Translingual

Portulaca grandiflora

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Portulaca f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae – the portulacas or purslanes.

See also

  • See Wikipedia for species

portulaca

portulaca

See also: Portulaca

English

Portulaca grandiflora

Noun

portulaca (plural portulacas)

  1. (botany) Any plant in the genus Portulaca
  2. (horticulture) Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers

Synonyms


Latin

Etymology

From portula (little door), from porta (door) + -ula (diminutive suffix), apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.

Noun

portulāca f (genitive portulācae); first declension

  1. The purslane

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative portulāca portulācae
genitive portulācae portulācārum
dative portulācae portulācīs
accusative portulācam portulācās
ablative portulācā portulācīs
vocative portulāca portulācae

Synonyms

  • porcilāca

References


Portuguese

Noun

portulaca f (plural portulacas)

  1. purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)

Synonyms