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purslane

[ UK /pˈɜːsle‍ɪn/ ]
NOUN
  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

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  • It's a natural progression, in fact, because Bittman's actually been touting tatsoi and pushing purslane for more than a decade. Kerry Trueman: Mark Bittman: Leafy Green Revolutionary?
  • Sprinkle with cracked pepper and garnish with purslane.
  • For a mild mix, combine familiar types of leaf lettuce with greens such as mizuna, purslane, mache and chervil.
  • Some of our favorites are the long, skinny French radishes, French purslane, arugula, mache, salad burnet, lemon verbena, leeks and, of course, all kinds of tomatoes.
  • Purslane (Portulaca oleracea, P. sativa) is a member of the Portulacaceae Family and also known as wild portulaca and verdolaga. Brigitte Mars: Purslane: Gandhi's Favorite Food May Be a Weed in Your Yard
  • The smell of fresh mint, of a bunch of purslane, the availability of baby aubergines, broad beans or peas makes me want to cook.
  • Results:The decoction of fed purslane United enema colon tissues of mice increased IL-10 and IL-8 can reduce the acquisition and Western Sulfasalazine enteric-coated tablets considerable role.
  • In the fall, mushrooms, ripe with the smells of earth and rain and falling leaves; in the spring, mixed found vegetables--dandelion greens, purslane, and lamb's-quarters, cooked in a stew with garlic and hot pepper--with farm eggs poached on top; in the winter, cranberry bean soup cooked in a terra-cotta pot with the rinds of Parmesan cheese; and in the summer, fried zucchini flowers, crisp and aromatic as the early morning air in the mountains. Maria Rodale: A Visit to My Kitchen: Eugenia Bone, Food Writer and Journalist
  • My volunteers this year have been arugula, amaranth, purslane, kalanchoe bloss. in red and yellow and a grass (unknown) the original plant of which I dug up from the roadside ( there were loads and it was self seeded, not planted there) I want that muhly grass! The Volunteer Gravel State « Fairegarden
  • Nonetheless, I can thoroughly recommend purslane (call it pussley or pigweed if you will) as a delicious vegetable.
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