(n) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan, Syn.Portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagas
(n) widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers, Syn.Portulaca grandiflora, sun plant
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. [ L., purslane. ] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. Portulaca grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceæ), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera. [ 1913 Webster ]
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