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Portulaca oleracea

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Noun1.Portulaca oleracea - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisinePortulaca oleracea - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas
purslane - a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
genus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
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This common wild plant, purslane -- portulaca oleracea -- has small, smooth, tear-shaped, fleshy, dark-green leaves attached to vibrant rich red stems that radiate from the center of the plant, forking off in different directions.
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Introduction In ancient Greece, Portulaca Oleracea or Purslane Herb was regarded as an important medicinal herb for treatment of fever, female disorders, stomach aches, hemorrhoids, and for the healing of wounds by Hippocrates, the renowned father of medicine.
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