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Definition of Purslane speedwell

1. Noun. North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Purslane Speedwell

pursewing pursews purse seine purse string pursier pursiest pursily pursiness pursinesses pursing

purslain purslains purslane purslanes purslane family purslane speedwell (current term) pursuable pursual pursuals pursuance

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Literary usage of Purslane speedwell

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1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... purslane speedwell Herbaceous annual Open woods, alluvial banks, gardens and waste ground. Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... purslane speedwell Herbaceous annual Open woods, alluvial banks, gardens and waste ground. Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell ..."

3. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Capsule heart-shaped, thickened, much broader than long, few- seeded. Means of control the same as for purslane speedwell. ..."

4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"... V. Tournefortii is the "Byzantine speedwell", as well as "bird's-eye" and "cat's- eye" and V. peregrina is the "purslane speedwell" and "neck- weed", ..."

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