Crossword clues for portulaca
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Portulaca \Por`tu*la"ca\, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. Portulaca grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
Wiktionary
n. Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus ''Portulaca'', having showy flowers
WordNet
n. a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
Wikipedia
Portulaca (, purslane) is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are also known as moss roses. Common Purslane ( Portulaca oleracea) is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas an invasive type of weed. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Nutmeg (Hadula trifolii).
Purslane can be eaten raw or cooked, and lends itself to salads and lightly stir-fry dishes. When harvested early in the morning, the leaves and tender stems have a pleasant, mildly sour taste due to the overnight accumulation of malic acid, which is produced via CAM photosynthesis. It is relatively easy to grow in more northern climates, including the New England area in the United States; it grows very well in hot and dry summer months: the plant's switch to CAM photosynthesis and nightly malic acid production is a response to drought stress.
Usage examples of "portulaca".
For, as we all know, there is absolutely no color, except green, that portulaca does not perpetrate in its blossoms.
The garden was a small square at the edge of the field surrounded by zinnias and portulaca, the bright flowers bobbing in the breeze.
Hayley shifted Lily on her hip and watched Harper plug some portulaca into the bed outside the back door of his cottage.
There are three varieties of flowers in it--nasturtiums, portulacas, and bright red geraniums.
The portulacas grow around the border, then come the nasturtiums, and finally the taller geraniums in the centre.
Porlieria hygrometrica, circumnutation and nyctitropic movements of petiole of leaf, 335, 336 --, effect of watering, 336338 --, leaflets closed during the day, 413 Portulaca oleracea, effect of Aecidium on, 189 Primula Sinensis, conjoint circumnutation of hypocotyl and cotyledon, 45, 46 Pringsheim on the injury to chlorophyll, 446 Prosopis, nyctitropic movements of leaflets, 374 Psoralea acaulis, nocturnal movements of leaflets, 354 Pteris aquilina, rachis of, 86 Pulvini, or joints.