| NOUN | plant | purslane | a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb |
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| Meaning | A plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas. | |
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| Narrower | common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea | 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 |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | verdolaga | |
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