Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun family_portulacaceae

1 sense of family portulacaceae

Sense 1
Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family -- (family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas)
       => caryophylloid dicot family -- (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)