"purslane" meaning in English

See purslane in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜːslən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝslən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-purslane.wav 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”) 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
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-bFWmsiww Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 14 14 9 9 9 9 9 13
  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
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-wIGDr05h Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 14 14 9 9 9 9 9 13
  3. Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Aizoaceae family plants
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-kXA1Jhve Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 14 14 9 9 9 9 9 13
  4. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-f0MCght9 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 8 8 17 21 4 4 8 22
  5. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-lU4GicTz Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 8 8 17 21 4 4 8 22
  6. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    sea purslane
    Halimione portulacoides
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-QwSUjfPM
  7. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    sea purslane
    Honckenya peploides
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-y5nafkXc
  8. Other similar plants in other families in order Caryophyllales
    shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-5JE4JGgg
  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, Goosefoot subfamily plants, Succulents, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-purslane-en-noun-sUXR5inw Disambiguation of Aizoaceae family plants: 14 14 14 9 9 9 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 14 Disambiguation of Succulents: 13 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 17 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 12 12 12 9 9 9 9 9 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Baluchi translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 9 9 12 6 6 9 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 8 8 17 21 4 4 8 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 10 10 12 4 4 11 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 10 9 12 5 5 11 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Baluchi translations: 10 10 10 11 14 4 4 10 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 9 9 13 16 6 6 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 10 10 11 14 6 6 8 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 9 9 11 13 7 7 8 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 10 10 11 13 7 7 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Kapampangan translations: 10 10 10 12 14 6 6 9 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 11 10 11 13 7 7 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 10 10 11 14 6 6 9 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 9 9 11 13 5 5 9 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 10 10 10 11 14 6 6 9 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: purslain [archaic] Synonyms (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga Derived forms: mud purslane, purslane tree (taxonomic: Portulacaria afra), water-purslane (taxonomic: Ludwigia palustris), wild purslane (taxonomic: Portulaca oleracea) Translations (a plant of the family Portulacaceae): پَرپُک (Parpok) (Baluchi), 馬齒莧 (Chinese Mandarin), 马齿苋 (mǎchǐxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), portulakka (Finnish), pourpier [masculine] (French), Portulak [masculine] (German), porcsin (Hungarian), portuláka (Hungarian), saytsaytan (Kapampangan), saitsaitan (Kapampangan), portulaca [feminine] (Portuguese), beldroega [feminine] (Portuguese), verdolaga [feminine] (Spanish), kulasiman (Tagalog), alusiman (Tagalog), ulasiman (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'Portulaca oleracea': 21 19 14 9 11 2 2 6 16 Disambiguation of 'a plant of the family Portulacaceae': 25 25 25 5 6 2 2 2 8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "馬齒莧"
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      "word": "马齿苋"
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      "sense": "a plant of the family Portulacaceae",
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}

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