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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


SynonymsPortulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagas


Broader (hypernym)purslane


Member meronymgenus Portulaca









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