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PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Portulaca grandiflora mean? 

PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA (noun)
  The noun PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA has 1 sense:

1. widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Portulaca grandiflora; rose moss; sun plant

Hypernyms ("Portulaca grandiflora" is a kind of...):

portulaca (a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers)


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