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portulaca

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See also: Portulaca

English

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Portulaca grandiflora

Etymology

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From the genus name Portulaca.

Noun

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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

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Portulaca, from Latin portulāca. Doublet of porcacchia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /por.tuˈla.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: por‧tu‧là‧ca

Noun

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portulaca f (plural portulache)

  1. purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)

Further reading

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  • portulaca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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

Noun

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portulāca f (genitive portulācae); first declension

  1. The purslane

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative portulāca portulācae
genitive portulācae portulācārum
dative portulācae portulācīs
accusative portulācam portulācās
ablative portulācā portulācīs
vocative portulāca portulācae

Synonyms

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References

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  • portulaca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • portulaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin portulāca. Doublet of beldroega and verdoega.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: por‧tu‧la‧ca

Noun

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portulaca f (plural portulacas)

  1. (botany) purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
    Synonym: beldroega