Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portulaca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: por-tu-la-ca
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant in the genus Portulaca

noun

Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers

Etymology

From the genus name Portulaca.

Inflected Forms

portulacas (plural)

Synonyms

purslane

Questions

What does portulaca mean?: Any plant in the genus Portulaca
Where does portulaca come from?: From the genus name Portulaca.

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