Noun: Portulacaceae
- Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
"Portulacaceae plants are found in gardens worldwide";
- family Portulacaceae, purslane family
Type of: caryophylloid dicot family
Part of: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales
Encyclopedia: Portulacaceae