Usually means: Edible plant, succulent, garden weed.
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  1. purslain: Wordnik
  2. purslain: Wiktionary
  3. Purslain: Dictionary.com
  4. Purslain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. purslain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Purslain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. purslain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. purslain: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Purslain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (archaic) Alternative form of purslane [Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.]

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pussly, punsaree, spurrey, water-plantain, plant eater, sparrow-grass, punsari, Le Puy lentil, porage, sparrow grass, more...

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horse purslain, more...

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Similar:
pussly, punsaree, spurrey, water-plantain, plant eater, sparrow-grass, punsari, Le Puy lentil, porage, sparrow grass, more...

Phrases:
horse purslain, more...



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