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Purslane   Listen
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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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Words linked to "Purslane" :   winter purslane, rock purslane, herb, Portulaca oleracea, purslane family, pussly



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