purslaneとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• purslain (古風な用法)

語源

From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːslən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝslən/

名詞

purslane (usually uncountable, 複数形 purslanes)

1. A succulent plant of the Portulacaceae family.
   • 1767, A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy […] ‎^[1], page 326:

     ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.

   1. the widely-grown edible plant common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
   2. moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
   3. winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
   4. pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
   5. sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides)

同意語

• (a succulent of the family Portulacaceae):
• (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga