purslane
Americannoun
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a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb.
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any other plant of the purslane family.
noun
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a weedy portulacaceous plant, Portulaca oleracea, with small yellow flowers and fleshy leaves, which are used in salads and as a potherb
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any of various similar or related plants, such as sea purslane and water purslane
Etymology
Origin of purslane
1350–1400; Middle English purcelan ( e ) < Middle French porcelaine < Late Latin porcillāgin- (stem of porcillāgō ), for Latin porcillāca, variant of portulāca portulaca
Vocabulary lists containing purslane
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Across the garden plots: chrysanthemum leaves, purple sugar peas, goji berries and common purslane, a leafy vegetable that is eaten stir-fried or put into salads.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023
Even in summer, Reem cycles in grilled or raw corn, pomegranate seeds, pickled cherries, or fresh purslane.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022
On the parking strip, she planted white sage, rock purslane, germander sage, ice plants and scattered Theodore Payne’s roadside wildflower mix, which was a magnet for bees before the gophers went after the plants.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022
The researchers tallied cheatgrass and other common plants, including dandelions and an herbaceous weed called purslane.
From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2021
The room faced the yard and overlooked the long, sloping garden, which was filled with flowers: bright red geraniums, sweet-smelling mignonette, and purslane with red, orange, yellow, and pink blossoms.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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