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portulaca

portulaca noun: any plant in the genus Portulaca.

portulaca: any plant in the genus Portulaca
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Noun

portulaca (plural portulacas)

  1. Any plant in the genus Portulaca
  2. Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers

Synonyms of portulaca

Forms of portulaca

pluralportulacas

Origin of portulaca

From the genus name Portulaca.

Questions about portulaca

What does portulaca mean?
Portulaca means any plant in the genus Portulaca.
What part of speech is portulaca?
Portulaca is a noun.
What is the plural of portulaca?
The plural of portulaca is portulacas.

Words near portulaca in the dictionary

  1. portuguesifying
  2. Portuguesism
  3. Portuguesisms
  4. Portugueze
  5. Portuguezes
  6. portulaca
  7. portulacaceous
  8. portulacas
  9. portulaceous
  10. portulan
  11. portulans

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