Purslane
Purslane , noun
[Old French porcelaine, pourcelaine (compare Italian porcellana), corrupted from Latin porcilaca for portulaca.]
(Botany) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
Collocations (4)
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.