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Word: Portulaca
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English; earliest use found in Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie. From classical Latin portulāca purslane (in post-classical Latin also portulacca), of uncertain origin
Originally: garden purslane, Portulaca oleracea (family Portulacaceae). Later more widely: any plant of the genus Portulaca, which comprises trailing succulent plants of warm and tropical regions, with a calyx of two sepals and brightly coloured flowers opening only in direct sunshine; especially one grown for ornament, such as the sun plant, P. grandiflora. Also (in form Portulaca): the genus itself.
- portulacca
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