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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Portulaca_oleracea2.jpg/220px-Portulaca_oleracea2.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- purslain (archaic)
Etymology
[edit]From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːslən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝslən/
Noun
[edit]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 […] [1], 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)
- Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
Synonyms
[edit]- (a succulent of the family Portulacaceae):
- (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga
Derived terms
[edit]- purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
- water-purslane (Lythrum portula, Ludwigia palustris)
- wild purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
Translations
[edit]a plant of the family Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea — see common purslane
Further reading
[edit]purslane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portulacaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Portulacaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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