portulaca
See also: Portulaca
English
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Portulaca grandiflora
Etymology
From the genus name Portulaca.
Noun
portulaca (plural portulacas)
Italian
Latin
Etymology
From portula (“little door”), from porta (“door”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | portulāca | portulācae |
Genitive | portulācae | portulācārum |
Dative | portulācae | portulācīs |
Accusative | portulācam | portulācās |
Ablative | portulācā | portulācīs |
Vocative | portulāca | portulācae |
Synonyms
- porcilāca
References
- portulaca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- portulaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
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