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Definition of: purslane
(pûrs′lin, -lān) noun
A procumbent fleshy annual plant (Portulaca oleracea) of gardens and waste places, with reddish-green stem and leaves and small yellow flowers: used in Europe as a salad, but regarded as a weed in the United States. Also spelled pussley. [<OF porcelaine <L porcilaca <portulaca]
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