Portulacaceae
plural noun
Por·tu·la·ca·ce·ae
: a family of usually succulent herbs (order Caryophyllales)having perfect regular flowers with two sepals and 4 to 5 hypogynous petals and a capsular often circumscissile fruit
portulacaceous adjective
¦⸗⸗⸗¦kāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Portulaca, type genus + -aceae
- cursed
- cursed crowfoot
- cursed out
- cursed thistle
- in extenso
- in extremis
- in face of
- in fact
- in fairness
- in fashion
- in favor
- in favor of
- in fear for one's life
- in fear for one's/someone's life
- in fear for someone's life
- in fear of one's life
- in fee
- in fine
- in fine fettle
- in fits
- in fits and starts
- in flagrante
- in flagrante de
- in flagrante delicto
- in flood