portulaca
See also: Portulaca
English
Portulaca grandiflora
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
portulaca (plural portulacas)
- (botany) Any plant in the genus Portulaca
- (horticulture) Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers
Synonyms
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
- The purslane
Inflection
First declension.
| 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
Noun
portulaca f (plural portulacas)
- purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
Synonyms
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