purslane family

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purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americasfamily Portulacaceae, Portulacaceaecaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermaegenus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbsCalandrinia, genus Calandrinia - large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowersClaytonia, genus Claytonia - genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemesgenus Lewisia, Lewisia - genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowersgenus Montia, Montia - small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asiagenus Spraguea, Spraguea - small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymesgenus Talinum, Talinum - genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs

purslane family

purslane family

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noun family of usually succulent herbs

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