Meaning of Purslane | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
   uncountable, usually
2. common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
   uncountable, usually
3. moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
   uncountable, usually
4. Any of similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
   uncountable, usually
5. winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
   uncountable, usually
6. pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
   uncountable, usually
7. sea purslane
   uncountable, usually
8. Halimione portulacoides
   uncountable, usually
9. Honckenya peploides
   uncountable, usually
10. shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
    uncountable, usually
11. purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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