English noun: common purslane | |||
1. | common purslane (plant) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | ||
Synonyms | Portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagas | ||
Broader (hypernym) | purslane | ||
Member meronym | genus Portulaca | ||