Portulacaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portulacaceous \Por`tu*la*ca"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
     ({Portulacace[ae]}), of which Portulaca is the type, and
     which includes also the spring beauty ({Claytonia}) and other
     genera.
     [1913 Webster]