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What (who) is Purslane - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pussley; Purslane (disambiguation)
Purslane
·noun An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
purslane
['p?:sl?n]
¦ noun a small fleshy-leaved plant of damp or marshy habitats, some kinds of which are edible. [Atriplex portulacoides (sea purslane) and other species.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. porcelaine, prob. from L. porcil(l)aca, var. of portulaca, influenced by Fr. porcelaine 'porcelain'.
Water purslane
·- ·see under Purslane.
Wikipedia
Purslane
Purslane is a common name for several mostly unrelated plants with edible leaves and may refer to:
- Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially:
- Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a leaf vegetable, known as summer purslane
- Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane
- Claytonia perfoliata, miner's lettuce or winter purslane
- Claytonia sibirica, pink purslane
- Halimione portulacoides, sea purslane
- Sesuvium portulacastrum, shoreline purslane
- Honckenya peploides, also called sea purslane
- Portulacaria afra, purslane tree
