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purselane

purselane is the alternative spelling 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 purselane

pluralpurselanes

Questions about purselane

What is purselane the alternative spelling of?
Purselane is the alternative spelling of purslane.

Words near purselane in the dictionary

  1. purse-string suture
  2. pursed
  3. purseful
  4. pursefuls
  5. Pursel
  6. purselane
  7. purselanes
  8. purseless
  9. purselike
  10. Pursell
  11. Pursells

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