Portulaca
See also: portulaca
Translingual
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Portulaca grandiflora
Etymology
From Latin portulāca (“purslain”), from portula (“little door”), from porta (“door”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.
Proper noun
Portulaca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae – the portulacas or purslanes.
Further reading
Portulaca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Portulaca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies