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Definition of Great flowered purslane

Great flowered purslane
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.

Meaning of Great flowered purslane from wikipedia

- Caryophyllaceae known by several common names, including common catchfly, small-flowered catchfly, and windmill pink. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa,...
- names include sea chickweed, sea pimpernal, sea-beach sandwort, and sea purslane. The scientific name is often spelled "Honkenya", and is named after the...
- Hampshire-purslane Ludwigia palustris Large-flowered evening-primrose Oenothera glazoviana * Common evening-primrose Oenothera biennis * Small-flowered evening-primrose...
- the word could have originally meant "bitter purslane" from تلک (talk or bitter) and چکش (chakūk or purslane). Gerard of Cremona, in translating Arabic...
- family): 161  Sesuvium (sea-purslane): 163  Sesuvium verrucosum (western sea-purslane): 163 : 72  Trianthema (horse-purslane): 164  Trianhema portulacastrum: 164 ...
- pilosa) rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora) shrubby purslane (Portulaca suffrutescens) silkcotton purslane (Portulaca halimoides) horned pondweed (Zannic****ia...
- hyssopifolia, seed box Ludwigia octovalvis Ludwigia palustris, Hampshire-purslane Ludwigia perennis Ludwigia polycarpa Ludwigia stolonifera, creeping ludwigia...
- cylindrica Barbgr**** Monerma Halimione portulacoides Atriplex portulacoides Sea Purslane Harpullia arborea Harpullia imbricata Tulip Wood-Tree Hedera helix Hedera...
- abundance by the Kilmarnock Glenfield Ramblers, is otherwise known as pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica) is found in damp areas. This plant was introduced...
- Speedwell Veronica officinalis L. - Heath Speedwell Veronica peregrina L. - Purslane Speedwell Veronica persica Poir. - Persian Speedwell, Bird's-eye Speedwell...