Definitions for purslane

purslane purs·lane

Spelling: [purs-leyn, -lin]
IPA: /ˈpɜrs leɪn, -lɪn/

Purslane is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 434 anagrams from letters in purslane (aelnprsu).

Definitions for purslane

noun

  1. a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
  2. any other plant of the purslane family.

Origin of purslane

1350-1400; Middle English purcelan(e) Middle French porcelaine Late Latin porcillāgin- (stem of porcillāgō), for Latin porcillāca, variant of portulāca portulaca

Examples for purslane

To him the garden was a battlefield, a contest with purslane and he hated to be worsted.

Ephemeral, lasting for a day or less, as the corolla of purslane, &c.

This genus is an exception to the other members of the purslane family, in having more than two sepals.

purslane must be sowne in February or March, in a new Moone.

The purslane, when fresh and green, is much relished by camels.

As regards vegetables, I only knew of amaranth, purslane, and calabashes.

purslane is one of the kitchen garden plants most widely diffused throughout the old world from the earliest times.

In among the sweet peas were many little tufts of purslane, and purslane is very good to eat, as anybody knows who has tried it.

The paths, once graveled, are overgrown with purslane; but, to be accurate there is no trace of a path.

The two highest families are the purslane family (Portulacaceæ) and pink family (Caryophylleæ).

Word Value for purslane
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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