noun
definition
A succulent plant of the Portulacaceae family.
Examples of purslane in a Sentence
The various kinds differ widely from one another, B. halimifolia (Sea Purslane), the best known, attaining a height of 6 to 12 feet.
Claytonia - A small group of the Purslane order, of which three species are pretty garden plants.
The flora includes purslane, rock roses and several species of ferns and mosses.
Weeds are very numerous (about 125); and some, notably the sand-bur (Solanum rostratum) cockle-bur, and tumble-weeds among indigenous, and the Russian thistle (Salsola tragus) and purslane among non-indigenous species, are agricultural pests.
Out on the salt marshes you might find sea purslane, whose oval, fleshy leaves can be added to salads or stir-fried.
Sea purslane won't be far away either, nor will biting stonecrop.
I have made a satisfactory dinner, satisfactory on several accounts, simply off a dish of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) which I gathered in my cornfield, boiled and salted.
Sea purslane wo n't be far away either, nor will biting stonecrop.