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Definition of Water purslane

Water purslane
Water purslane Wa"ter purs"lane (Bot.) See under Purslane.
Water 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.

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- Water-purslane or water purslane is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Ludwigia palustris, native range includes North America Lythrum...
- Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent...
- primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox, Hampshire-purslane and water purslane. This is an aquatic or semiaquatic perennial herb which grows...
- Ludwigia (primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose) is a genus of about 82 species of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan but mainly tropical...
- loosestrife Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb – spatulaleaf loosestrife, water purslane Lythrum salicaria L. – purple loosestrife Lythrum thymifolia L. – thymeleaf...
- Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, porkbush, purslane tree, dwarf jade and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South...
- or parsley. A variation made with purslane (glistrida in Gr****) may be called glistrida me yiaourti, meaning 'purslane and yogurt salad', rather than tzatziki...
- flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common names water-purslane and spatulaleaf loosestrife. It is native to Europe, and it is found...
- English name Scientific name Status Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Gr****-poly Lythrum hyssopifolia Water-purslane Lythrum portula...
- twayblade Lithospermum caroliniense, Carolina puccoon Ludwigia palustris, Water purslane Maianthemum stellatum, Starry false Solomon's seal Malaxis monophyllos...