WordNet
purslane family
n. family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas [syn: Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae]
Usage examples of "purslane family".
Several plants have been named Chickweed, one of them a plant belonging to the Purslane family and four species of Cerastium -the Mouse Ear Chickweeds - but the name especially belongs to the plant in question, Stellaria media, the ubiquitous garden weed, of which our caged birds are as fond as they are of Groundsel, a taste shared by young chickens, to whose diet it makes a wholesome addition.