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- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceæ), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.
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- adjective botany Of or relating to the
Portulacaceae , a naturalorder ofplants including thespring beauty .
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