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PORTULACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does portulaca mean? 

PORTULACA (noun)
  The noun PORTULACA has 1 sense:

1. a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowersplay

  Familiarity information: PORTULACA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTULACA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("portulaca" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portulaca"):

Portulaca grandiflora; rose moss; sun plant (widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers)

Holonyms ("portulaca" is a member of...):

genus Portulaca (genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs)


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