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purcelane

purcelane is the obsolete form of purslane.

Meaning of purslane

Noun

purslane (usually uncountable, plural purslanes)

  1. (usually) Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
    • ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.1767, A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy […] , page 326
    1. (usually) common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
    2. (usually) moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
  2. (usually) winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
  3. (usually) pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
  4. (usually) Halimione portulacoides

See all 9 meanings of purslane

Forms of purcelane

pluralpurcelanes

Questions about purcelane

What is purcelane the obsolete form of?
Purcelane is the obsolete form of purslane.

Words near purcelane in the dictionary

  1. purblinded
  2. purblinding
  3. purblindly
  4. purblindness
  5. purblinds
  6. purcelane
  7. purcelanes
  8. Purcell
  9. Purcellian
  10. Purcells
  11. Purchaqchi

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