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portulaca

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por·tu·lac·a  (pôrch-lk, pr-)
n.
Any of various fleshy plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora of South America, cultivated for its showy colorful flowers that open only in sunlight. Also called rose moss.
[Middle English, from Latin portulca, purslane, from portula, diminutive of porta, gate (from the gatelike covering of the seed capsule); see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.portulacaportulaca - a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
Portulaca grandiflora, rose moss, sun plant - widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers


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Then there are to be eschscholtzias, dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, scabiosa, portulaca, yellow violas, yellow stocks, yellow sweet-peas, yellow lupins--everything that is yellow or that has a yellow variety.
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