genus portulaca
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1. genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | caryophylloid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | portulaca, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | common purslane, portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagas, |
| definition | : | weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan (noun.plant) |
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