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Purslane
Purs′lane
,Noun.
[OF.
porcelaine
, pourcelaine
(cf. It. porcellana
), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca
for portulaca
.] (Bot.)
An annual plant (
Portulaca oleracea
), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane
, or Great flowered purslane
the
– Portulaca grandiflora
. See Portulaca
. Purslane tree
, a South African shrub (
– Portulacaria Afra
) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. Sea purslane
, a seashore plant (
– Arenaria peploides
) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. Water purslane
, an aquatic plant (
Ludwiqia palustris
) but slightly resembling purslane.Definition 2024
purslane
purslane
English
Portulaca oleracea
Noun
purslane (usually uncountable, plural purslanes)
- A succulent plant of the Portulacaceae family.
- the widely-grown edible plant summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
- moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
- winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
- pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
- sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides)
Synonyms
- (a succulent of the family Portulacaceae):
- (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga
Translations
a plant of the family Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
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