portulaca
See also: Portulaca
English
Etymology
From the genus name Portulaca.
Noun
portulaca (plural portulacas)
- (botany) Any plant in the genus Portulaca
- (horticulture) Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Portulaca, from Latin portulāca. Doublet of porcacchia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /por.tuˈla.ka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: por‧tu‧là‧ca
Noun
portulaca f (plural portulache)
- purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
Further reading
- portulaca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From portula (“little door”), from porta (“door”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), + -āca, apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.
Noun
portulāca f (genitive portulācae); first declension
- The purslane
Declension
First-declension noun.
| 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin portulāca. Doublet of beldroega and verdoega.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poʁ.tuˈla.kɐ/ [poh.tuˈla.kɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /poɾ.tuˈla.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʁ.tuˈla.kɐ/ [poχ.tuˈla.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poɻ.tuˈla.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.tuˈla.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: por‧tu‧la‧ca
Noun
portulaca f (plural portulacas)