Phrase guide

common purslane

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Portulaca oleracea, an annual succulent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: purslane

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaza: адгьылпкъына (adgjəlpqʼəna) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Akkadian: 𒌓𒄭 — Portulaca oleracea
  • Albanian: bordullak — Portulaca oleracea
  • Amharic: ፐርስሌን (pärslen) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Arabic: رِجْل (rijl) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Arabic: فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Aramaic: ܦܪܦܚܝܢܐ (parpəḥīnā) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פרפחינא (parpəḥīnā) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Aramaic: פרפחינא (parpəḥīnā) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Armenian: դանդուռ (danduṙ) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Armenian: փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Aukan: posen — Portulaca oleracea
  • Aukan: posin (Aluku) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Azerbaijani: pərpətöy — Portulaca oleracea
  • Azerbaijani: pərpərəng — Portulaca oleracea
  • Basque: getozka — Portulaca oleracea
  • Bats: დუმაჸ არკუმ (dumaʾ arḳum) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Bulgarian: ту́ченица (túčenica) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Bulgarian: обикнове́на ту́ченица (obiknovéna túčenica) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Caribbean Hindustani: lonia — Portulaca oleracea
  • Catalan: verdolaga — Portulaca oleracea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬齒莧 /马齿苋 (mǎchǐxiàn) — Portulaca oleracea
  • East Circassian: пкъыуэгын (pqəwɛɣən) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Dhivehi: ގެދަ (geda) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Dutch: postelein — Portulaca oleracea
  • Dutch: porseleinblad — Portulaca oleracea
  • Finnish: vihannesportulakka — Portulaca oleracea
  • French: pourpier — Portulaca oleracea
  • Galician: beldroega — Portulaca oleracea
  • Georgian: დანდური (danduri) — Portulaca oleracea
  • German: Sommer-Portulak — Portulaca oleracea
  • German: Gemüse-Portulak — Portulaca oleracea
  • Greek: γλιστρίδα (glistrída) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Greek: αντράκλα (antrákla) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνδράχνη (andrákhnē) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Haitian Creole: koupye — Portulaca oleracea
  • Haitian Creole: poupye — Portulaca oleracea
  • Hawaiian: ʻākulikuli kula — Portulaca oleracea
  • Hungarian: kövér porcsin — Portulaca oleracea
  • Hungarian: portuláka — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ido: portulako — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ingush: оасар (oasar) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Irish: nuaireacht — Portulaca oleracea
  • Italian: portulaca — Portulaca oleracea
  • Caribbean Javanese: krokot — Portulaca oleracea
  • Kari'na: sakusaku — Portulaca oleracea
  • Kari'na: pintaran — Portulaca oleracea
  • Korean: 쇠비름 (soebireum) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Northern Kurdish: pirpar — Portulaca oleracea
  • Northern Kurdish: pîrqelaçik — Portulaca oleracea
  • Malayalam: കൊഴുപ്പ (koḻuppa) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Mingrelian: უღურალე (uɣurale) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Mingrelian: ვაღურია (vaɣuria) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Nahuatl: canauhquilitl — Portulaca oleracea
  • Classical Nahuatl: canauhquilitl — Portulaca oleracea
  • Navajo: tséghániłchʼi — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ossetian: цӕхдонгӕрдӕг (cæxdongærdæg) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ossetian: дзосгӕрдӕг (ʒosgærdæg) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ossetian: джонджоли (ǵonǵoli) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Pashto: تندولی (tandólaj) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Persian: پرپهن (parpahan) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Persian: خرفه (xorfe) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Polish: portulaka pospolita — Portulaca oleracea
  • Polish: portulaka warzywna — Portulaca oleracea
  • Portuguese: portulaca — Portulaca oleracea
  • Portuguese: beldroega — Portulaca oleracea
  • Punjabi: ਕੁਲਫ਼ਾ (kulfā) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Romanian: agurijoară — Portulaca oleracea
  • Romanian: iarbă-grasă — Portulaca oleracea
  • Romanian: portulacă — Portulaca oleracea
  • Russian: портула́к (portulák) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Saramaccan: bembé — Portulaca oleracea
  • Saramaccan: benben — Portulaca oleracea
  • Saramaccan: pose — Portulaca oleracea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̏шт — Portulaca oleracea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̏шањ — Portulaca oleracea
  • Serbo-Croatian: порту́лак — Portulaca oleracea
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȕšt — Portulaca oleracea
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȕšanj — Portulaca oleracea
  • Serbo-Croatian: portúlak — Portulaca oleracea
  • Sinhalese: ගෙඳ (genda) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Slovene: tolščák — Portulaca oleracea
  • Slovene: portulák — Portulaca oleracea
  • Spanish: verdolaga — Portulaca oleracea
  • Sranan Tongo: gronposren — Portulaca oleracea
  • Sumerian: 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Swedish: portlak — Portulaca oleracea
  • Tagalog: olasiman — Portulaca oleracea
  • Talysh: бызриш — Portulaca oleracea
  • Tongan: tamole — Portulaca oleracea
  • Turkish: semizotu — Portulaca oleracea
  • Ottoman Turkish: سمیز اوت (semiz ot) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Udi: тӏаьнтӏоьр (ṭänṭör) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Vietnamese: rau sam — Portulaca oleracea
  • Welsh: pwrpin — Portulaca oleracea
  • Zazaki: parpar (diq) — Portulaca oleracea
  • Zazaki: perpar — Portulaca oleracea