noun
genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family
• Member Meronyms: ↑portulaca, ↑common purslane, ↑pussley, ↑pussly, ↑verdolagas, ↑Portulaca oleracea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.