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Definition of Purslanes

Purslane
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 Purslanes from wikipedia

- known as summer purslane Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane Claytonia perfoliata, miner's lettuce or winter purslane Claytonia sibirica...
- Water-purslane or water purslane is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Ludwigia palustris, native range includes North America Lythrum...
- Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent...
- Pink purslane is a common name for several flowering plants, including: Claytonia sibirica, a plant native to Siberia and North America Calandrinia calyptrata...
- Portulaca umbraticola, also known as the wingpod purslane, is an annual or short-lived perennial succulent in the genus of flowering plants Portulaca....
- Sea purslane is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Halimione portulacoides, in family Amaranthaceae Honckenya peploides, in family Caryophyllaceae...
- and warm temperate regions. Portulacas are also known as the purslanes. Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is widely consumed as an edible plant, and...
- Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often...
- Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, porkbush, purslane tree, dwarf jade and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South...
- primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox, Hampshire-purslane and water purslane. This is an aquatic or semiaquatic perennial herb which grows...