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Definition of Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca Por`tu*la"ca, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus. Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. P. grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
Portulaca oleracea
Purslane Purs"lane, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca. Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.

Meaning of Portulaca oleracea from wikipedia

- Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent...
- tropics and warm temperate regions. Portulacas are also known as the purslanes. Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is widely consumed as an edible plant...
- Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa also known as golden purslane is one of few subspecies of Portulaca oleracea (common purslane). The leaves are much bigger...
- C4/CAM intermediate species, such as Peperomia camptotricha, Portulaca oleracea, and Portulaca grandiflora. It was previously thought that the two pathways...
- Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often...
- Walker & Tawada Portulaca oleracea L. – common purslane, pigweed Portulaca oligo**** F.Muell. Portulaca olosirwa S.M.Phillips Portulaca papillatostellulata...
- photosynthesis is also known. Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is a major weed but also a vegetable. Portulaca – 100 C4 species, 1–2 origins The gr**** family...
- Sour cabbage Br****ica oleracea Spinach Spinacia oleracea Spiny amaranth Amaranthus spinosus Summer purslane Portulaca oleracea Sunset muskmallow Abelmoschus...
- Portulaca umbraticola, also known as the wingpod purslane, is an annual or short-lived perennial succulent in the genus of flowering plants Portulaca...
- plants, and especially: Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a leaf vegetable, known as summer purslane Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose...