common purslane

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common purslane - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitanPortulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagaspurslane - a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areasgenus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs