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Vinony

purslane

noun

  1. any of a number of small, typically fleshy-leaved plants that grow in damp habitats or waste places, in particular: Portulaca oleracea, a prostrate North American plant with tiny yellow flowers; Sesuvium maritimum (sea-purslane), an edible plant that grows in damp sand along coastal shores
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːslən/ / /ˈpɝslən/

noun

Etymology: From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”).

  1. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.

    “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.”

  2. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
  3. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
  4. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
  5. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
  6. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
  7. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
  8. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
  9. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales