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Portulaca

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See also: portulaca

Translingual

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Portulaca grandiflora

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Portulaca f

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

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