noun
family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
• Syn: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.