"purslane" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɜːslən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝslən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-purslane.wav [Southern-England] Forms: purslanes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|porcelaine}} Old French porcelaine, {{cog|la|porcilaca||purslane}} Latin porcilaca (“purslane”), {{m|la|portulaca||purslane}} portulaca (“purslane”), {{m|fr|porcelaine||porcelain}} porcelaine (“porcelain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} purslane (usually uncountable, plural purslanes)
  1. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
    the widely-grown edible plant common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Aizoaceae family plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Goosefoot subfamily plants, Succulents, Vegetables Synonyms (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-bFWmsiww Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 13 13 10 10 10 10 10 11 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 18 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13 Disambiguation of Succulents: 15 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 21 Disambiguation of 'Portulaca oleracea': 24 20 14 8 10 2 2 5 14
  2. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
    moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Aizoaceae family plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Succulents, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-wIGDr05h Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 13 13 10 10 10 10 10 11 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Succulents: 15 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  3. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Aizoaceae family plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Succulents, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-kXA1Jhve Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 13 13 10 10 10 10 10 11 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Succulents: 15 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  4. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-f0MCght9 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  5. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-lU4GicTz Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  6. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    sea purslane
    Halimione portulacoides
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-QwSUjfPM Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  7. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    sea purslane
    Honckenya peploides
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-y5nafkXc Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  8. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-5JE4JGgg Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14
  9. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Aizoaceae family plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Succulents, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-sUXR5inw Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 13 13 10 10 10 10 10 11 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Succulents: 15 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 8 8 9 11 6 6 8 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: purslain [archaic] Derived forms: purslane tree (taxonomic: Portulacaria afra), water-purslane (taxonomic: Ludwigia palustris), wild purslane (taxonomic: Portulaca oleracea) Translations (a plant of the family Portulacaceae): 馬齒莧 (Chinese Mandarin), 马齿苋 (mǎchǐxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), portulakka (Finnish), pourpier [masculine] (French), Portulak [masculine] (German), porcsin (Hungarian), portuláka (Hungarian), portulaca [feminine] (Portuguese), beldroega [feminine] (Portuguese), verdolaga [feminine] (Spanish), kulasiman (Tagalog), alusiman (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'a plant of the family Portulacaceae': 26 26 26 5 6 2 2 2 6

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