purs|lane

purs|lane
purs|lane «PURS layn, -luhn», noun.
1. a common plant that has small, yellow flowers and small, thick leaves. It is a trailing herb, sometimes used for salads, for flavoring, or as a potherb. There are several kinds, comprising a genus of annual plants. »

Purslane, a common garden weed, is flourishing this season despite the hot, dry weather (New York Times).

2. any one of several plants like it that belong to the purslane family.
╂[< Old French porcelaine, alteration of Latin porcilāca, variant of portulāca portulaca < portula small door (diminutive) < porta gate (because of the open seed capsules which cover it)]

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  • purs — purs·er; purs·er·ship; purs·ley; purs·lane; …   English syllables

  • lane — cho·lane; co·lane; cyc·lane; di·ox·o·lane; lane·ly; lane; lane·some; lee·lane; mac·far·lane; mul·ti·lane; tal·le·ga·lane; purs·lane; as·bo·lane; atel·lane; avel·lane; nu·cu·lane; to·lane; vi·o·lane; …   English syllables

  • purslane — purs·lane …   English syllables

  • 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

  • Flowering 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Great flowered 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Portulaca grandiflora — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Portulaca oleracea — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Purslane tree — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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