genus portulaca

Noun
  1. Genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs (synset 111877997)
    is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
    member holonym:
    • portulaca - a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
    • common purslane, portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagas - 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
    belongs to: family portulacaceae, portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas

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