noun
family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
• Syn: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑order Caryophyllales, ↑Chenopodiales, ↑order-Chenopodiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Portulaca, ↑Calandrinia, ↑genus Calandrinia, ↑Claytonia, ↑genus Claytonia, ↑Lewisia, ↑genus Lewisia, ↑Montia, ↑genus Montia, ↑Spraguea, ↑genus Spraguea, ↑Talinum, ↑genus Talinum
* * *
noun* * *
the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
* * *
purslane family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs found chiefly in warm, arid regions. The family includes the purslane, claytonia, and bitterroot.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.