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Definition of Portulaca

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers.

Definition of Portulaca

1. n. A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.

Definition of Portulaca

1. Noun. Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus ''Portulaca'', having showy flowers ¹

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Definition of Portulaca

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Portulaca

Literary usage of Portulaca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"portulaca OLERACEA L Occasionally found in the loose soil of fields and gardens, ... portulaca QUADRIFIDA L. A common weed in gardens. Bassin. Dec. (174). ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"... is the one now chiefly grown, and it has produced several good varieties in cultivation, all having the brilliant characters of the type. portulaca ..."

3. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"... and, when well established, given plenty of sun, when they will repay the care by fragrant flowers all winter. THE portulaca. Natural Order. ..."

4. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1873)
"... and, when well established, given plenty of sun, when they will repay the care by fragrant flowers all winter. THE portulaca. Natural Order. ..."

5. Seventy-five Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1870)
"... and, when well established, given plenty of sun, when they will repay the care by fragrant flowers all winter. THE portulaca. Natural Order. ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Minnesota (?), Missouri to Arkansas and Texas, west to Nevada. Growing in large patches, sometimes several feet in diameter. Pigweed. Summer. portulaca ..."

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