English-Thai Dictionary
purslane
N พืช ไม้ดอก พวก Portulaca oleracea มีด อก สีเหลือง ผัก เบี้ย ใหญ่
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PURSLANE
Purs "lane, n. Etym: [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana ), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca. ] (Bot. )
Defn: An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea ), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca. -- Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra ) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. -- Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides ) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. -- Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris ) but slightly resembling purslane.
New American Oxford Dictionary
purslane
purs lane |ˈpərslən, -ˌslān ˈpərslən | ▶noun any of a number of small, typically fleshy-leaved plants that grow in damp habitats or waste places, in particular: [● Portulaca oleracea, a prostrate North American plant with tiny yellow flowers. ● Sesuvium maritimum (sea-purslane ), an edible plant that grows in damp sand along coastal shores. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French porcelaine, probably from Latin porcil (l )aca, variant of portulaca, influenced by French porcelaine ‘porcelain. ’
Oxford Dictionary
purslane
purslane |ˈpəːslən | ▶noun any of a number of small, typically fleshy-leaved plants which grow in damp or marshy habitats, in particular: ● (also sea purslane ) an edible plant which grows in salt marshes (Atriplex portulacoides, family Chenopodiaceae ). ● (also pink purslane ) a small pink-flowered North American plant of damp places (genus Claytonia, family Portulacaceae ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French porcelaine, probably from Latin porcil (l )aca, variant of portulaca, influenced by French porcelaine ‘porcelain ’.
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