How do you use Purslane in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like herb, plus the exact meaning.
Purslane in a sentence
Purslane meaning
- Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
- common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
Synonyms of Purslane
Using Purslane
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants. | Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants. | common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
- Useful related words include: herb, herbaceous plant.
Context around Purslane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purslane
- In this selection, "purslane" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yellow, common, succulent, portulaca and leaves stand out and add context to how "purslane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and common purslane p oleracea and anomalum yellow purslane portulaca lutea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purslane" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purslane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Beat the summer heat with green-leafy vegetable kulfa or purslane. (11 words)
In her writing, she featured other vegetables common on the continent but long vanished from British cultivation – salsify, scorzonera and purslane, for example. (23 words)
Soft, succulent purslane leaves have more omega-3 fatty acids than any other leafy green plant and even more than some fish oils. (23 words)
In some places near the seashore, a low vegetation dominated by Polynesian heliotrope ( Heliotropium anomalum ), yellow purslane (Portulaca lutea) and common purslane ( P. oleracea ) is found. (26 words)
In her writing, she featured other vegetables common on the continent but long vanished from British cultivation – salsify, scorzonera and purslane, for example. (23 words)
Soft, succulent purslane leaves have more omega-3 fatty acids than any other leafy green plant and even more than some fish oils. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
In some places near the seashore, a low vegetation dominated by Polynesian heliotrope ( Heliotropium anomalum ), yellow purslane (Portulaca lutea) and common purslane ( P. oleracea ) is found.
In her writing, she featured other vegetables common on the continent but long vanished from British cultivation – salsify, scorzonera and purslane, for example.
Beat the summer heat with green-leafy vegetable kulfa or purslane.
Soft, succulent purslane leaves have more omega-3 fatty acids than any other leafy green plant and even more than some fish oils.