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purslane family — noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas • Syn: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
purslane — [pʉrs′lin, pʉrs′lān΄] n. [ME purcelane < MFr porcelaine < LL porcilaca, purslane, altered < L portulaca: see PORTULACA] any of various prostrate weeds (genus Portulaca) of the purslane family, with pink, fleshy stems and small, yellow,… … English World dictionary
purslane — /perrs layn, lin/, n. 1. a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Cf. purslane family. 2. any other plant of the purslane family. [1350 1400; ME purcelan(e) < MF porcelaine < LL… … Universalium
purslane — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French porsulaigne, from Late Latin porcillagin , porcillago, alteration of Latin porcillaca, alteration of portulaca Date: 14th century any of a family (Portulacaceae, the purslane family) of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
purslane — purs•lane [[t]ˈpɜrs leɪn, lɪn[/t]] n. pln any low, trailing plant of the genus Portulaca, of the purslane family, esp. P. oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME purcelan(e) < MF porcelaine … From formal English to slang
family Portulacaceae — noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas • Syn: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
winter purslane — noun succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America • Syn: ↑miner s lettuce, ↑Cuban spinach, ↑Montia perfoliata • Hypernyms: ↑Indian lettuce * * * noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
caryophylloid dicot family — noun family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers. Also called miner s lettuce. * * * … Universalium
water purslane — noun also water puslen 1. : marsh purslane 2. : a submerged aquatic or mud herb (Peplis diandra) of the family Lythraceae that occurs in the central United States and Mexico * * * water purslane A small flowered prostrate lythraceous plant of wet … Useful english dictionary
