portulaca : Idioms & Phrases
genus portulaca
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noun genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
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portulaca grandiflora
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noun widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers
sun plant; rose moss.
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portulaca oleracea
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noun weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
pussly; common purslane; pussley; verdolagas.