portulacaceous
English
Etymology
Portulacaceae + -ous
Adjective
portulacaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Of or relating to the family Portulacaceae of plants including the spring beauty.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for portulacaceous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)