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Purslane  n.  (Bot.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
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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... and of other substances, Vegetables growing on blighted Leaves, Blew mould and Mushromes, Sponges, and other Fibrous Bodies, Sea-weed, the Surfaces of some Leaves, the stinging points of a Nettle, Cowage, the Beard of a wild Oate, the seed of the Corn-violet, as also of Tyme, Poppy and Purslane. He continues to describe Hair, the scales of a Soal, the sting of a Bee, Feathers in general, and in particular those of Peacocks; the feet of Flies; and other Insects; the Wings and Head of a Fly; the Teeth of a Snail; ...
— Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 • Various



Words linked to "Purslane" :   pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea, rock purslane, winter purslane, common purslane, pussley, herbaceous plant, purslane speedwell, herb, purslane family



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