1. A plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
   "Purslane is rich in omega-3 fatty acids"
    
2. 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
   "She gathered fresh purslane leaves for her Greek salad";
   - common purslane, pussley [US], pussly [US], verdolaga, Portulaca oleracea

Derived forms: purslanes

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Portulaca

Encyclopedia: Purslane