purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Meaning
Noun
- A succulent plant of the Portulacaceae family.
Related
Similar words
- common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga
Origin
- From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca ("purslane") (related to portulaca) to assimilate it with porcelaine.
Modern English dictionary
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