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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus which comprises several species (about 20) of small herbs of the family Portulacaceæ, some of which are often referred to Claytonia.

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  • noun small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia

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