purslane family

Noun

1.

purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas Synonyms: family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae

Calandrinia, Caryophyllales, caryophylloid dicot family, Chenopodiales, Claytonia, family Portulacaceae, genus Calandrinia, genus Claytonia, genus Lewisia, genus Montia, genus Portulaca, genus Spraguea, genus Talinum, Lewisia, Montia, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales, Portulacaceae, Spraguea, Talinum