sea purslane

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sea purslane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.)
     A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts
     in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called
     also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
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  Sea purslane \Sea" purs"lane\ (Bot.)
     See under Purslane.
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  Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It.
     porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.]
     (Bot.)
     An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy,
     succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and
     for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
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     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.
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