purslanen.

Brit.

/ˈpəːslᵻn/,

/ˈpəːsleɪn/, U.S.

/ˈpərsl(ə)n/,

/ˈpərˌsleɪn/

Forms:

α. Middle English purcelan, Middle English purceleyne, Middle English purseleyn, Middle English purseleyne, Middle English 1600s purselan, Middle English–1500s purcelane, Middle English–1600s (1800s U.S., in compounds) purselane, 1500s pourselane, 1500s purcelayne, 1500s purcellaine, 1500s purcellayne, 1500s purcelline, 1500s purcellyne, 1500s purselayne, 1500s–1600s purcelaine, 1500s–1600s purselaine, 1600s purcellane, 1600s purselain, 1600s purselyn, 1700s purcelean.

β. Middle English porcalane, Middle English porcelan, Middle English porceleyne, Middle English porselane, Middle English porsulaigne, Middle English porsulane, Middle English–1600s porcelane, 1500s porcelaine, 1500s porcelayn, 1500s porcelayne, 1500s porcelene, 1500s porceline, 1500s porcellayn, 1500s porcellayne, 1500s porcellyne; Scottish pre-1700 porcelene.

γ. Middle English porslane, Middle English poslane (probably transmission error), Middle English purslarye (probably transmission error), Middle English– purslane, 1500s pourslane, 1500s pursland, 1500s purslayne, 1500s pursleyn, 1500s–1700s purslin, 1500s–1800s purslain, 1500s–1800s purslaine, 1600s parslein, 1600s purslan, 1600s purslein, 1600s purslen, 1600s purslow (perhaps transmission error), 1600s pursslen, 1700s purslind.

δ. 1500s perseline, 1600s perse'line.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French porsulaigne, porcelaine.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman porsulaigne, porcelene and Middle French porcelaine, pourcelaine, pourceline, povrselayne (12th cent. in Old French as pourcelaine ; French pourcellaine , pourcellane ; now regional), apparently from classical Latin porcillāca (Pliny), variant of portulāca portulaca n. Compare post-classical Latin porcellana (a1250 in a British source), Italian porcellana (first half of 14th cent.).The explanation for the ending -aine in French and -ana in Italian is uncertain. The French and Italian words have been explained as deriving from the inflected stem of post-classical Latin porcillagin- , porcillago (6th cent.; also porcellago (9th or 10th cent.)), alteration of classical Latin porcillāca after plantāgo (see plantain n.¹; compare Old French portulache , Middle French portulague (12th cent.; rare; < the nominative)). Alternatively, they may be directly < classical Latin porcillāca , with alteration of the ending after French -aine , Italian -ana (< Latin -āna : see -an suffix 1a). The word was apparently associated already in Middle French with the largely homonymous porcelaine , pourcelane porcelain n., and the two words probably continued to influence each other in English up to the 17th or 18th cent. (compare discussion at porcelain n. and adj.). Forms such as pourselane (see α. forms) are apparently influenced by French pour- pur- prefix (compare Old French, Middle French pourcelaine ), and this association may have reinforced forms in pur- more generally. In δ. forms perhaps influenced by association with parsley n. (compare β. forms at that entry); compare also the form parslein (see γ. forms) and pussley n. The animals designated by purslane moth n., purslane sphinx n., purslane worm n. at Compounds 2 are so called on account of their feeding habits.

1. A low-growing succulent plant, Portulaca oleracea (family Portulacaceae), with small yellow flowers in the axils of its fleshy leaves, which is widely grown (chiefly in warmer regions) as a salad vegetable or herb and is also widespread as a weed (also common purslane, garden purslane). Also with distinguishing word: any of various other plants of the genus Portulaca, esp. one of the many kinds grown for ornament.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > other herbs

maroilea1400

purslanea1400

centinode?a1425

rosemarya1425

sauce-alone1530

samphire1542

larix1548

ancoly1561

Crestmarine1565

tarragon1591

fish-basil1597

muscado1612

Jew's mallow1640

mekin1688

Tarentine1698

Shawnee salad1780

hemidesmus1809

roquette1900

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > purslane

portulaca1400

portulacaa1400

purslanea1400

purpyc1485

pussley1775

moss rose1929

α.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 95 (MED) Take ceruse, tutie I-waische, & medle hem wiþ oile of rosis & wiþ ius of purcelane [BL Add. poslane]..til þe oynement be weel I-maad.

c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1924) 21 385 (MED) The hote sauge a yenst the cold palesye, The colde Betyn for the frenesye..Purselan, Cilion, and grene syngryn.

a1500 in A. Zettersten Middle Eng. Lapidary (1968) 24 (MED) Saphyres..ben lyke to an erbe called purselane & hit is right shynynge & of a gentill colour, blewe þerabowte.

1620 J. Mason Briefe Disc. New-found-land sig. A4 Purselyn, Lettise, and all other Herbes & Rootes.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 36 ⁋72 If Purselan or some other herbe were observed to do the like.

1781 T. Pasley Jrnl. 27 Sept. in Private Sea Jrnls. (1931) 184 Water cresses,..Water Dock, Purcelean, Will'd Mint, Time—and the Lord knows what.

β. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 10 Andrago..portacla, portulaca idem, ge. et angl. porceleyne.a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 149/31 (MED) Portulaca uel portacla..porsulaigne.c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 23 (MED) Tak þe jewse of rubarbe & porcalane ana.1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Biv Water of porcelayn..is good for a person that spetteth blod.1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Portvlaca Ab anglis Porcellyne dicitur.1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 17 Let the same drincke water of Buglosse and Porcelene.1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 419 Called..in English Purslane and Porcelaine.γ. a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 78 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 115 Salat. Take persel, sawge, grene garlec..rew, rosemarye, purslarye [sic: prob. read purslayne]; laue and waische hem clene. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 417 Purslane, herbe, portulaca.?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 95 Medle hem wiþ oyle of roses & wiþ jus of poslane [Ashm. 1396 purcelane].1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 23 b Pourslane dothe mitigate the great heat in al the inward partes of the bodye.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 53^v The Cucumber and the Gourde [come], the fyfth day, Purslin [is] longer eare it come.1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 145 To destroy Warts, nothing is better then to rubbe them with Purslaine.1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 199 Purslain is one of the prettiest Plants in a Kitchen-garden, which is principally used in Sallets, and sometimes in Pottages.1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Portulaca Portulaca latifolia, seu sativa... Broad-leav'd or Garden Purslane.1862 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 3) p. xxxvi The Common Purslane is a weed, rather than a cultivated plant... P. grandiflora, Showy P[urslane], has..large, brilliant red, scarlet, or purple flowers.1896 L. H. Bailey Survival of Unlike xiv. 263 New adventurers..had been attracted to the spot, and the purslane, needing more sun, had given up the fight.1963 V. E. Graham Trop. Wild Flowers 28 One species, Portulaca oleracea, Purslane..is found as a weed all over the world... It grows as an annual on sandy waysides and cultivated ground, especially near the sea.1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 137/1 Pink Purslane, Portulaca pilosa... Pink Purslane is a frequent plant of sandy pinelands and waste places throughout Florida.2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Nov. viii. 10/4 Purslane.., that fleshy little succulent that courses over bare ground every chance it gets, is a rich source of omega 3 fatty acids, which are thought to help prevent heart disease.δ. 1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 199 Fat Colworts, and comforting Perseline.1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv, in Wks. II. 148 White Pidgeons, and pine-kernells, The seedes of Nettles, perse'line, and hares gall.

2. Usually with distinguishing word: any of various plants of other genera and families resembling Portulaca oleracea in some respect, esp. in their fleshy leaves.horse, milk, sea, tree, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > names applied to various species of trees or shrubs > [noun]

purslanec1400

mast tree1597

laburnum1693

whitebark1700

jatropha1754

quince1794

honey bush1813

snake-wood1832

ake1835

akeake1841

fire tree1851

flame-tree1866

subtree1878

c1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 52 [Bistorta] genicle, pety bryddestonge, pety porcelan, swynesgres, þe myd bistord.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xx. 575 Sea Purcelayne groweth vpon bankes..adioyning to the sea.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 418 There be diuers sortes or kindes of Purslane; one of the garden, and another wilde: and also two of the sea.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Besides the common sort there are two others, viz. The Sea Purslane, called Halimus, and the Water Purslane, called Alsine.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 324 Horse Purslane, Trianthema.

1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 26 Aug. (1962) II. 114 We could but now and then procure a dish of bad greens... I shall give their botanical names as I believe some of them were never eat by Europeans before... Red flowerd purslane (Sesuvium Portulacastrum).

1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 181 Euphorbia corollata... Milk-purslain.

1854 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 198 The Sea Purslane (Arenaria peploides).

1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 829 Claytonia perfoliata... The leaves of this plant are eaten as salad, or cooked like ordinary spinage... In England it is called winter purslane.

1918 W. Graveson Brit. Wild Flowers (1919) xxv. 243 By the side of the small ponds on the open parts of the heath there was abundance of Water Purslane.

1946 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 26 Sept. 13/3 Sea purslane, a green bean-like vegetable with an excellent flavour, grows in more than half the world near coastal regions.

2002 Countryman Apr. 85/2 In the New Forest, 75 of the 200 ponds and pools there have been colonised, threatening rarities such as the Hampshire purslane (Ludwigia palustris).

Compounds

C1.

purslane leaf n.

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1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Capparis Leaves [of the bean caper]..are always two together at the end of the Foot Stalk, being somewhat like unto Purslane Leaves.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 132 In proportion as the traveller approaches the German frontier, the more purslane-leaves will he find in his vegetable soups.

1961 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 26 Aug. 22/6 The exotic..French soup called ‘Bonne Remme’ is made from two weeds, sorrel and purslane leaves.

† purslane poultice n. Obsolete rare

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1818 Art of preserving Feet 50 A third ensures you a happy relief from purslain poultices chopped up with vinegar.

purslane seed n.

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?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. L.vii Pursland sede..kylleth the wormes.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 61 An even Bed, which being made of fine earth, clap down with your Spade, as Gard'ners do for Purselain-seed.

1864 E. Morris Ten Acres Enough (ed. 3) 92 It seemed as if the dormant purslane-seed had been instantly called into life by the touch of the guano.

1972 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post–Standard 24 June 15/4 Purslane seed is tough and has been known to live in the soil for as long as 40 years.

† purslane-leaved adj. Obsolete

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1769 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XIV. 17 Purslain-Leaved Bean Caper... The Leaves have foot-stalks, and are egg-shaped.

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 15 C. Halimifolius. Purslane-leaved Cistus.

C2.

purslane moth n. rare a North American noctuid moth, Euscirrhopterus gloveri, whose larvae feed on purslanes.

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1887 Science 21 Oct. 204/2 To the entomologist it will be interesting to know that the scientifiic name of the purslane moth is Copidryas Gloveri.

1903 W. J. Holland Moth Bk. 141 Glover's Purslane-moth.

purslane sphinx n. U.S. (now rare) the larva of the white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata, which feeds on the leaves of various plants including purslane; (also purslane sphinx moth) the moth itself.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > deilephica lineata (purslane sphinx)

purslane sphinx1841

1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts Index 230 Purslane sphinx.

1899 Science 17 Feb. 241/2 It will be easy to indicate their importance as destroyers of weeds and other noxious plants... We need only mention..the purslane caterpillar (Copidryas gloveri), the burdock beetle (Gastroidea cyanea), and the purslane sphinx moth (Deilephila lineata).

1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies 239 Another extremely common Sphinx caterpillar is the Purslane Sphinx, or the larva of the White-lined Sphinx moth.

purslane tree n. †(a) [after Hellenistic Greek ἀνδραχνος the tree Arbutus andrachne, by association with ancient Greek ἀνδράχνη purslane] the strawberry tree of the eastern Mediterranean, Arbutus andrachne (obsolete); (b) South African the spekboom, a fleshy-leaved shrub or small tree of southern Africa, Portulacaria afra, allied to purslane.

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1616 B. Jonson Entertainm. at Highgate 65 in Wks. I Vnder yond' purslane tree stood sometime my cradle.

1792 Catal. Hot-house, Green-house & Hardy Plants. (Dicksons & Co.) 4 132 Portulacaria afra..Purslane tree.

1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 48 In the temple of Promachos the remains of a purslain-tree are dedicated.

1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 120 The Purslane-tree, or Spek-boom, of South Africa is often the principal food of elephants and its foliage gives the characteristic coloring to the landscape.

1971 Encycl. Southern Afr. IV. 604/1 Elephant's-food or purslane tree (Portulacaria afra), called spekboom (fat-tree) in Afrikaans,..is found in the drier eastern regions of Africa south of Abyssinia.

† purslane worm n. U.S. Obsolete rare a caterpillar which feeds on the leaves of purslanes; esp.: (a) the larva of the noctuid moth Euscirrhopterus gloveri (cf. purslane moth n.); (b) the larva of the white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata (cf. purslane sphinx n.).

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1887 Science 21 Oct. 204/1 (heading) The purslane-worm.

1892 Herald-Despatch (Decatur, Illinois) 23 Apr. 7/2 Four of our largest ‘worms’ are the larvæ of Philampelus achemon, the grape sphinx..; Deilephila lineata, the purslane worm.., [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purslane
释义	purslanen. Brit. /ˈpəːslᵻn/, /ˈpəːsleɪn/, U.S. /ˈpərsl(ə)n/, /ˈpərˌsleɪn/ Forms: α. Middle English purcelan, Middle English purceleyne, Middle English purseleyn, Middle English purseleyne, Middle English 1600s purselan, Middle English–1500s purcelane, Middle English–1600s (1800s U.S., in compounds) purselane, 1500s pourselane, 1500s purcelayne, 1500s purcellaine, 1500s purcellayne, 1500s purcelline, 1500s purcellyne, 1500s purselayne, 1500s–1600s purcelaine, 1500s–1600s purselaine, 1600s purcellane, 1600s purselain, 1600s purselyn, 1700s purcelean. β. Middle English porcalane, Middle English porcelan, Middle English porceleyne, Middle English porselane, Middle English porsulaigne, Middle English porsulane, Middle English–1600s porcelane, 1500s porcelaine, 1500s porcelayn, 1500s porcelayne, 1500s porcelene, 1500s porceline, 1500s porcellayn, 1500s porcellayne, 1500s porcellyne; Scottish pre-1700 porcelene. γ. Middle English porslane, Middle English poslane (probably transmission error), Middle English purslarye (probably transmission error), Middle English– purslane, 1500s pourslane, 1500s pursland, 1500s purslayne, 1500s pursleyn, 1500s–1700s purslin, 1500s–1800s purslain, 1500s–1800s purslaine, 1600s parslein, 1600s purslan, 1600s purslein, 1600s purslen, 1600s purslow (perhaps transmission error), 1600s pursslen, 1700s purslind. δ. 1500s perseline, 1600s perse'line. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French porsulaigne, porcelaine. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman porsulaigne, porcelene and Middle French porcelaine, pourcelaine, pourceline, povrselayne (12th cent. in Old French as pourcelaine ; French pourcellaine , pourcellane ; now regional), apparently from classical Latin porcillāca (Pliny), variant of portulāca portulaca n. Compare post-classical Latin porcellana (a1250 in a British source), Italian porcellana (first half of 14th cent.).The explanation for the ending -aine in French and -ana in Italian is uncertain. The French and Italian words have been explained as deriving from the inflected stem of post-classical Latin porcillagin- , porcillago (6th cent.; also porcellago (9th or 10th cent.)), alteration of classical Latin porcillāca after plantāgo (see plantain n.¹; compare Old French portulache , Middle French portulague (12th cent.; rare; < the nominative)). Alternatively, they may be directly < classical Latin porcillāca , with alteration of the ending after French -aine , Italian -ana (< Latin -āna : see -an suffix 1a). The word was apparently associated already in Middle French with the largely homonymous porcelaine , pourcelane porcelain n., and the two words probably continued to influence each other in English up to the 17th or 18th cent. (compare discussion at porcelain n. and adj.). Forms such as pourselane (see α. forms) are apparently influenced by French pour- pur- prefix (compare Old French, Middle French pourcelaine ), and this association may have reinforced forms in pur- more generally. In δ. forms perhaps influenced by association with parsley n. (compare β. forms at that entry); compare also the form parslein (see γ. forms) and pussley n. The animals designated by purslane moth n., purslane sphinx n., purslane worm n. at Compounds 2 are so called on account of their feeding habits. 1. A low-growing succulent plant, Portulaca oleracea (family Portulacaceae), with small yellow flowers in the axils of its fleshy leaves, which is widely grown (chiefly in warmer regions) as a salad vegetable or herb and is also widespread as a weed (also common purslane, garden purslane). Also with distinguishing word: any of various other plants of the genus Portulaca, esp. one of the many kinds grown for ornament. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > other herbs maroilea1400 purslanea1400 centinode?a1425 rosemarya1425 sauce-alone1530 samphire1542 larix1548 ancoly1561 Crestmarine1565 tarragon1591 fish-basil1597 muscado1612 Jew's mallow1640 mekin1688 Tarentine1698 Shawnee salad1780 hemidesmus1809 roquette1900 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > purslane portulaca1400 portulacaa1400 purslanea1400 purpyc1485 pussley1775 moss rose1929 α. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 95 (MED) Take ceruse, tutie I-waische, & medle hem wiþ oile of rosis & wiþ ius of purcelane [BL Add. poslane]..til þe oynement be weel I-maad. c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1924) 21 385 (MED) The hote sauge a yenst the cold palesye, The colde Betyn for the frenesye..Purselan, Cilion, and grene syngryn. a1500 in A. Zettersten Middle Eng. Lapidary (1968) 24 (MED) Saphyres..ben lyke to an erbe called purselane & hit is right shynynge & of a gentill colour, blewe þerabowte. 1620 J. Mason Briefe Disc. New-found-land sig. A4 Purselyn, Lettise, and all other Herbes & Rootes. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 36 ⁋72 If Purselan or some other herbe were observed to do the like. 1781 T. Pasley Jrnl. 27 Sept. in Private Sea Jrnls. (1931) 184 Water cresses,..Water Dock, Purcelean, Will'd Mint, Time—and the Lord knows what. β. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 10 Andrago..portacla, portulaca idem, ge. et angl. porceleyne.a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 149/31 (MED) Portulaca uel portacla..porsulaigne.c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 23 (MED) Tak þe jewse of rubarbe & porcalane ana.1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Biv Water of porcelayn..is good for a person that spetteth blod.1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Portvlaca Ab anglis Porcellyne dicitur.1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 17 Let the same drincke water of Buglosse and Porcelene.1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 419 Called..in English Purslane and Porcelaine.γ. a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 78 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 115 Salat. Take persel, sawge, grene garlec..rew, rosemarye, purslarye [sic: prob. read purslayne]; laue and waische hem clene. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 417 Purslane, herbe, portulaca.?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 95 Medle hem wiþ oyle of roses & wiþ jus of poslane [Ashm. 1396 purcelane].1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 23 b Pourslane dothe mitigate the great heat in al the inward partes of the bodye.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 53^v The Cucumber and the Gourde [come], the fyfth day, Purslin [is] longer eare it come.1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 145 To destroy Warts, nothing is better then to rubbe them with Purslaine.1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 199 Purslain is one of the prettiest Plants in a Kitchen-garden, which is principally used in Sallets, and sometimes in Pottages.1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Portulaca Portulaca latifolia, seu sativa... Broad-leav'd or Garden Purslane.1862 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 3) p. xxxvi The Common Purslane is a weed, rather than a cultivated plant... P. grandiflora, Showy P[urslane], has..large, brilliant red, scarlet, or purple flowers.1896 L. H. Bailey Survival of Unlike xiv. 263 New adventurers..had been attracted to the spot, and the purslane, needing more sun, had given up the fight.1963 V. E. Graham Trop. Wild Flowers 28 One species, Portulaca oleracea, Purslane..is found as a weed all over the world... It grows as an annual on sandy waysides and cultivated ground, especially near the sea.1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 137/1 Pink Purslane, Portulaca pilosa... Pink Purslane is a frequent plant of sandy pinelands and waste places throughout Florida.2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Nov. viii. 10/4 Purslane.., that fleshy little succulent that courses over bare ground every chance it gets, is a rich source of omega 3 fatty acids, which are thought to help prevent heart disease.δ. 1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 199 Fat Colworts, and comforting Perseline.1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv, in Wks. II. 148 White Pidgeons, and pine-kernells, The seedes of Nettles, perse'line, and hares gall. 2. Usually with distinguishing word: any of various plants of other genera and families resembling Portulaca oleracea in some respect, esp. in their fleshy leaves.horse, milk, sea, tree, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > names applied to various species of trees or shrubs > [noun] purslanec1400 mast tree1597 laburnum1693 whitebark1700 jatropha1754 quince1794 honey bush1813 snake-wood1832 ake1835 akeake1841 fire tree1851 flame-tree1866 subtree1878 c1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 52 [Bistorta] genicle, pety bryddestonge, pety porcelan, swynesgres, þe myd bistord. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xx. 575 Sea Purcelayne groweth vpon bankes..adioyning to the sea. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 418 There be diuers sortes or kindes of Purslane; one of the garden, and another wilde: and also two of the sea. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Besides the common sort there are two others, viz. The Sea Purslane, called Halimus, and the Water Purslane, called Alsine. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 324 Horse Purslane, Trianthema. 1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 26 Aug. (1962) II. 114 We could but now and then procure a dish of bad greens... I shall give their botanical names as I believe some of them were never eat by Europeans before... Red flowerd purslane (Sesuvium Portulacastrum). 1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 181 Euphorbia corollata... Milk-purslain. 1854 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 198 The Sea Purslane (Arenaria peploides). 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 829 Claytonia perfoliata... The leaves of this plant are eaten as salad, or cooked like ordinary spinage... In England it is called winter purslane. 1918 W. Graveson Brit. Wild Flowers (1919) xxv. 243 By the side of the small ponds on the open parts of the heath there was abundance of Water Purslane. 1946 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 26 Sept. 13/3 Sea purslane, a green bean-like vegetable with an excellent flavour, grows in more than half the world near coastal regions. 2002 Countryman Apr. 85/2 In the New Forest, 75 of the 200 ponds and pools there have been colonised, threatening rarities such as the Hampshire purslane (Ludwigia palustris). Compounds C1. purslane leaf n. ΚΠ 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Capparis Leaves [of the bean caper]..are always two together at the end of the Foot Stalk, being somewhat like unto Purslane Leaves. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 132 In proportion as the traveller approaches the German frontier, the more purslane-leaves will he find in his vegetable soups. 1961 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 26 Aug. 22/6 The exotic..French soup called ‘Bonne Remme’ is made from two weeds, sorrel and purslane leaves. † purslane poultice n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1818 Art of preserving Feet 50 A third ensures you a happy relief from purslain poultices chopped up with vinegar. purslane seed n. ΚΠ ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. L.vii Pursland sede..kylleth the wormes. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 61 An even Bed, which being made of fine earth, clap down with your Spade, as Gard'ners do for Purselain-seed. 1864 E. Morris Ten Acres Enough (ed. 3) 92 It seemed as if the dormant purslane-seed had been instantly called into life by the touch of the guano. 1972 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post–Standard 24 June 15/4 Purslane seed is tough and has been known to live in the soil for as long as 40 years. † purslane-leaved adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1769 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XIV. 17 Purslain-Leaved Bean Caper... The Leaves have foot-stalks, and are egg-shaped. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 15 C. Halimifolius. Purslane-leaved Cistus. C2. purslane moth n. rare a North American noctuid moth, Euscirrhopterus gloveri, whose larvae feed on purslanes. ΚΠ 1887 Science 21 Oct. 204/2 To the entomologist it will be interesting to know that the scientifiic name of the purslane moth is Copidryas Gloveri. 1903 W. J. Holland Moth Bk. 141 Glover's Purslane-moth. purslane sphinx n. U.S. (now rare) the larva of the white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata, which feeds on the leaves of various plants including purslane; (also purslane sphinx moth) the moth itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > deilephica lineata (purslane sphinx) purslane sphinx1841 1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts Index 230 Purslane sphinx. 1899 Science 17 Feb. 241/2 It will be easy to indicate their importance as destroyers of weeds and other noxious plants... We need only mention..the purslane caterpillar (Copidryas gloveri), the burdock beetle (Gastroidea cyanea), and the purslane sphinx moth (Deilephila lineata). 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies 239 Another extremely common Sphinx caterpillar is the Purslane Sphinx, or the larva of the White-lined Sphinx moth. purslane tree n. †(a) [after Hellenistic Greek ἀνδραχνος the tree Arbutus andrachne, by association with ancient Greek ἀνδράχνη purslane] the strawberry tree of the eastern Mediterranean, Arbutus andrachne (obsolete); (b) South African the spekboom, a fleshy-leaved shrub or small tree of southern Africa, Portulacaria afra, allied to purslane. ΚΠ 1616 B. Jonson Entertainm. at Highgate 65 in Wks. I Vnder yond' purslane tree stood sometime my cradle. 1792 Catal. Hot-house, Green-house & Hardy Plants. (Dicksons & Co.) 4 132 Portulacaria afra..Purslane tree. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 48 In the temple of Promachos the remains of a purslain-tree are dedicated. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 120 The Purslane-tree, or Spek-boom, of South Africa is often the principal food of elephants and its foliage gives the characteristic coloring to the landscape. 1971 Encycl. Southern Afr. IV. 604/1 Elephant's-food or purslane tree (Portulacaria afra), called spekboom (fat-tree) in Afrikaans,..is found in the drier eastern regions of Africa south of Abyssinia. † purslane worm n. U.S. Obsolete rare a caterpillar which feeds on the leaves of purslanes; esp.: (a) the larva of the noctuid moth Euscirrhopterus gloveri (cf. purslane moth n.); (b) the larva of the white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata (cf. purslane sphinx n.). ΚΠ 1887 Science 21 Oct. 204/1 (heading) The purslane-worm. 1892 Herald-Despatch (Decatur, Illinois) 23 Apr. 7/2 Four of our largest ‘worms’ are the larvæ of Philampelus achemon, the grape sphinx..; Deilephila lineata, the purslane worm.., [etc.]. 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