Portulaca oleracea : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Portulaca oleracea	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Portulaca oleracea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portulaca oleracea n 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 Synonym(s): common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Portulaca \[d8]Por`tu*la"ca\, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus. Note: {Portulaca oleracea} is the common purslane. {P. grandiflora} is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.) An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}. {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra}) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but slightly resembling purslane.