purslane
English
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Portulaca oleracea
Alternative forms
- purslain (archaic)
Etymology
From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːslən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝslən/
Noun
purslane (usually uncountable, plural purslanes)
- Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
- 1767, A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy […] , page 326:
- ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.
- the widely-grown edible plant common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
- moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
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- Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
- winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
- pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
- sea purslane
- Halimione portulacoides
- Honckenya peploides
- shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
- purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
Synonyms
- (a succulent of the family Portulacaceae):
- (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga
Derived terms
- purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
Translations
a plant of the family Portulacaceae
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Portulaca oleracea — see common purslane
Further reading
purslane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portulacaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Portulacaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- supernal