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noun
Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
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noun
Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
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noun
Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
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noun
Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
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noun
Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
sea purslane
Halimione portulacoides
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noun
Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
sea purslane
Honckenya peploides
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noun
Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
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noun
Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
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noun
a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea
History
From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
