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PORTULACA OLERACEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
common purslane; Portulaca oleracea; pussley; pussly; verdolagas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Portulaca oleracea" is a kind of...):
purslane (a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas)
Holonyms ("Portulaca oleracea" is a member of...):
genus Portulaca (genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs)
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