portulaca
See also: Portulaca
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name Portulaca.
Noun
editportulaca (plural portulacas)
- (botany) Any plant in the genus Portulaca
- (horticulture) Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers
Synonyms
editItalian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from translingual Portulaca, from Latin portulāca. Doublet of porcacchia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editportulaca f (plural portulache)
- purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
Further reading
edit- portulaca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom portula (“little door”), from porta (“door”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), + -āca, apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.
Noun
editportulāca f (genitive portulācae); first declension
- The purslane
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | portulāca | portulācae |
Genitive | portulācae | portulācārum |
Dative | portulācae | portulācīs |
Accusative | portulācam | portulācās |
Ablative | portulācā | portulācīs |
Vocative | portulāca | portulācae |
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin portulāca. Doublet of beldroega and verdoega.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: por‧tu‧la‧ca
Noun
editportulaca f (plural portulacas)
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