purslane

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1. 1
   noun

   a low-growing succulent plant, especially Portulaca oleracea, whose fleshy leaves may be eaten as a vegetable or salad herb

   She added fresh purslane from the garden to the summer salad.

From Old French porcelaine, altered from Latin porcilaca or portulaca under the influence of the French word for porcelain. The name is used especially for Portulaca oleracea, a fleshy-leaved plant long gathered or cultivated as an edible potherb.

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