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pusley

pusley noun: purslane (Portulaca oleracea).

Noun

pusley (countable and uncountable, plural pusleys)

  1. (US, dialectal) purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
    • We have had a hard battle with the weeds and their roots in our lawn, the docks and the mullens and the pusley.1904, James Power Smith, Brightside Idyls: Every Week of the Year, page 48

Forms of pusley

pluralpusleys

Questions about pusley

What does pusley mean?
Pusley means purslane (Portulaca oleracea).
What part of speech is pusley?
Pusley is a noun.
What is the plural of pusley?
The plural of pusley is pusleys.

Words near pusley in the dictionary

  1. Puskases
  2. Puskuldjian
  3. Puskuldjians
  4. pusle
  5. pusles
  6. pusley
  7. pusleys
  8. puslike
  9. puso
  10. Pusok
  11. puss

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