Definition of purslane

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

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Bitterroot :: Bitterroot (n.) A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum..
Peplis :: Peplis (n.) A genus of plants including water purslane.
Pyxidium :: Pyxidium (n.) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane..
Sea Purslane :: Sea purslane () See under Purslane.
Spekboom :: Spekboom (n.) The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants..
Purslain :: Purslain (n.) Same as Purslane.
Purslane :: Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling..
Water Purslane :: Water purslane () See under Purslane.
Sea Chickweed :: Sea chickweed () A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane..
Lid :: Lid (n.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts..
Purcelane :: Purcelane (n.) Purslane.
Pusley :: Pusley (n.) Purslane.
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