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Definition of Purslane

1. 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 of Purslane

1. n. An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.

Definition of Purslane

1. Noun. A widely-grown edible plant, ''Portulaca oleracea'' in the family Portulacaceae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purslane

1. a common garden herb [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purslane

Literary usage of Purslane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The common purslane is a prostrate, smooth, annual plant, ... purslane has been used as a pot herb from very ancient times, a fact recognized in its ..."

2. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(purslane FAMILY.) Moro or loss succulent herbs, with simple and entire leaves (either opposite or ... purslane. Petals 4 to 6. Style deeply 3- to 8-cleft. ..."

3. Stories of Insect Life: Second Series, Summer and Autumn by Mary Esther Murtfeldt, Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"—The Greenish purslane Caterpillar. like purslane, or " pusley," turnips, buckwheat, and others. This worm is about four inches long, nearly an inch in ..."

4. Stories of Insect Life by Mary Esther Murtfeldt, Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"THE full-grown purslane caterpillar may be found late in summer. If you put one of them in a jar or ... This object is the pupa of the purslane caterpillar. ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1899)
"PECULIARITIES OF purslane. By Byron D. Halsted. THERE are some things that are peculiar concerning Portulaca oleracea L., commonly known as purslane or in ..."

6. Stories of Insect Life: Second Series, Summer and Autumn by Mary Esther Murtfeldt, Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"The Greenish purslane Caterpillar. like purslane, or " pusley," turnips, buckwheat, and others. This worm is about four inches long, nearly an inch in ..."

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