family Portulacaceae

Definitions of family Portulacaceae
  1. noun
    family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
    synonyms: Portulacaceae, purslane family
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    type of:
    caryophylloid dicot family
    family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
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