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Definition of Pussly
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Purslane
Group relationships: Genus Portulaca
Definition of Pussly
1. pussley [n -LIES] - See also: pussley
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pussly
| pusser pussers pusses pussier pussies pussiest pussification pussified pussifies pussify | pussifying pussley pussleys pusslies pusslike pussly (current term) |
Literary usage of Pussly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salads and Sauces by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1884)
"pussly."—This plant is known botanically as Portulaca oleracea, and is a near
relative of ... pussly flowers are sometimes called wax pinks. Quail Salad. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... pussly " have become proverbial. Like many other succulent plants, its juice
is cooling and is used in tropical countries as a refrigerant in fever, ..."
3. The Nature-study Idea: Being an Interpretation of the New School-movement to by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1903)
"The farmer may associate " pussly" with cabbages and beets, but not with wheat
and oats. He associates cockle with wheat, but not with oats or corn. ..."
4. The Nature-study Idea: Being an Interpretation of the New School-movement to by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1903)
"The farmer may associate " pussly" with cabbages and beets, but not with wheat
and oats. He associates cockle with wheat, but not with oats or ..."
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