Definitionn. a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
Last update: September 10, 2015
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Annuals that have been sown in the greenhouse or hotbed may be planted out, and seeds of such sorts as mignonette, sweet alyssum, Phlox Drummondii, portulaca, &c., may be sown in the beds or borders. [Please select]
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I went into the garden and gathered every ripe touch-me-not pod I could find, and all the portulaca. [Please select]
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"I use portulaca powder and tiger lily bullets on the tigers, and four o'clocks on the lions," I said.' [Please select]
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Crossing Broad Street, which wore its look of Sabbath sleepiness, Gabriella hurried on to Hill Street, and saw George waiting for her between the two green-painted urns filled with the summer's fading bloom of portulaca. [Please select]
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The afternoon wore on; the soft golden light on the pavement was dappled with shadows; and the wind, blowing over the iron urns in the yard, scattered the withered leaves of portulaca over the grass. [Please select]
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