purslane : Idioms & Phrases

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common purslane

  • noun weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
    pussly; pussley; Portulaca oleracea; verdolagas.
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Flowering purslane, ∨ Great flowered purslane

  • the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.
Webster 1913

purslane family

  • noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
    family Portulacaceae; Portulacaceae.
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purslane speedwell

  • noun North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe
    Veronica peregrina.
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Purslane tree

  • a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
Webster 1913

rock purslane

  • noun a plant of the genus Calandrinia
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Sea purslane

  • a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
Webster 1913

Water purslane

  • an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.
Webster 1913

winter purslane

  • noun succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America
    Montia perfoliata; Cuban spinach; miner's lettuce.
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