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Portulaca
Portulaca Por`tu*la"ca, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus. Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. P. grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca Por`tu*la"ca, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus. Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. P. grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
Portulaca oleracea
Purslane Purs"lane, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca. Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceous Por`tu*la*ca"ceous, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacace[ae]), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.
Portulacaceous
Portulacaceous Por`tu*la*ca"ceous, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacace[ae]), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.
Sportula
Sportula Spor"tu*la, n.; pl. Sportul[ae]. [L.] A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess. To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for the sportula. --South.
Sportulae
Sportula Spor"tu*la, n.; pl. Sportul[ae]. [L.] A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess. To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for the sportula. --South.
Sportulary
Sportulary Spor"tu*la*ry, a. Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Portula from wikipedia

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- refer to: Ludwigia palustris, native range includes North America Lythrum portula, native to Europe and known as "water-purslane" in the British Isles This...
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