| NOUN | plant | genus Portulaca | genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs |
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| Meaning | genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs. | |
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| Member of | Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family | family of usually succulent herbs |
| Members | common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea | 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 |
| portulaca | A plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers | |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | genus portulaca | |
| Catalan | genus portulaca | |
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