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Portulaca oleracea
(gcide) | Portulaca \Por`tu*la"ca\, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.)
A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
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Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. {Portulaca
grandiflora} is a South American herb, widely
cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or
white, ephemeral blossoms.
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Portulaca oleracea
(gcide) | Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It.
porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.]
(Bot.)
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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Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the
Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.
Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra)
with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with
crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but
slightly resembling purslane.
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portulaca oleracea
(wn) | Portulaca oleracea
n 1: 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 [syn: common purslane, pussley,
pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea] |
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