Thesaurus: purslane

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1. n. An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
2. n. a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
3. 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.
4. 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 floweredpurslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.-- Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) withmany small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.-- Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowdedopposite fleshy leaves.-- Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) butslightly resembling purslane.
5. n:100 n. a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas