portulaca
(noun) a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
portulaca (plural portulacas)
(botany) Any plant in the genus Portulaca
(gardening) Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers
• purslane
Source: Wiktionary
Por`tu*la"ca, n. Etym: [L., purslane.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. P. grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
