purslane noun. ['pǝ:slǝn] LME.
[Old French porcelaine, prob. assim. of Latin porcil(l)aca (var. of portulaca), to French porcelaine PORCELAIN. Cf. PUSSLEY.]
1. A low succulent plant, Portulaca oleracea (family Portulacaceae), widely grown, chiefly in warmer countries, as a salad or pot-herb. Also (with specifying word), any of various other plants of this genus. LME.

2. Any of various plants related to purslane or resembling it. L16.
pink purslane, sea purslane, water purslane, etc.

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