portulaca

See also: Portulaca

English
Portulaca grandiflora

Etymology

From the genus name Portulaca.

Noun

portulaca (plural portulacas)

  1. (botany) Any plant in the genus Portulaca
  2. (horticulture) Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Portulaca, from Latin portulāca. Doublet of porcacchia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /por.tuˈla.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: por‧tu‧là‧ca

Noun

portulaca f (plural portulache)

  1. purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)

Further reading
  • portulaca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From portula (“little door”), from porta (“door”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.

Noun

portulāca f (genitive portulācae); first declension

  1. The purslane

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative portulāca portulācae
Genitive portulācae portulācārum
Dative portulācae portulācīs
Accusative portulācam portulācās
Ablative portulācā portulācīs
Vocative portulāca portulācae

Synonyms
  • porcilāca

References
  • “portulaca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • portulaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portulāca. Doublet of beldroega and verdoega.

Noun

portulaca f (plural portulacas)

  1. purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
    Synonym: beldroega
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