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

1 sense of purslane family

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)