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Definition of Water purslane

Water purslane
Water purslane Wa"ter purs"lane (Bot.) See under Purslane.
Water 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.

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- 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...
- primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox, Hampshire-purslane and water purslane. This is an aquatic or semiaquatic perennial herb which grows...
- Ludwigia (primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose) is a genus of about 82 species of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan but mainly tropical...
- loosestrife Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb – spatulaleaf loosestrife, water purslane Lythrum salicaria L. – purple loosestrife Lythrum thymifolia L. – thymeleaf...
- Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, porkbush, purslane tree, dwarf jade and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South...
- or parsley. A variation made with purslane (glistrida in Gr****) may be called glistrida me yiaourti, meaning 'purslane and yogurt salad', rather than tzatziki...
- evening primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox and water purslane. Palustris (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
- flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common names water-purslane and spatulaleaf loosestrife. It is native to Europe, and it is found...
- One seed may be carried on the detached cap of the fruit, which floats on water. Other seeds may fall out of the remaining part of the fruit or remain on...