Portulacaria

noun

Por·​tu·​la·​car·​ia

: a genus of southern African shrubs (family Portulacaceae) with opposite obovate fleshy leaves and small pink flowers clustered in the upper leaf axils

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin portulaca purslane + -aria -ary

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