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Noun: Portulaca oleracea
  1. 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; cosmopolitan
    - common purslane, pussley [US], pussly [US], verdolagas

Type of: purslane

Part of: genus Portulaca

Encyclopedia: Portulaca oleracea

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