Definition of Purslane family

1. Noun. Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Purslane Family

pursew
purseweb spider
purseweb spiders
pursewed
pursewing
pursews
pursier
pursiest
pursily
pursiness
pursinesses
pursing
purslain
purslains
purslane
purslane family (current term)
purslane speedwell
purslanes
pursuable
pursual
pursuals
pursuance
pursuances
pursuant
pursuant(p)
pursuantly
pursuaunt
pursue
pursued
pursuee

Literary usage of Purslane family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(purslane family.) Moro or loss succulent herbs, with simple and entire leaves (either opposite or alternate) and regular but ..."

2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... purslane family. Succulent-leaved herbs, with '2 sepals and б petals, the stamens sometimes many, sometimes few and then one before each petal; ..."

3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... soap-like lather when its bruised leaves are agitated in water. 'PURSLANE FAMILY (Portulacaceae) Spring Beauty; Claytonia Claytonia virginica ..."

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