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Noun: family Portulacaceae
  1. Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
    - Portulacaceae, purslane family

Type of: caryophylloid dicot family

Part of: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales