purslane in English

noun
1
any of a number of small, typically fleshy-leaved plants that grow in damp habitats or waste places, in particular.
Vegetables rich in glutathione include asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, tomatoes and purslane .

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1. Bitterroot, (Lewisia rediviva), ornamental succulent plant of the purslane family (Portulacaceae), native to western North America and cultivated in rock gardens

2. Bitterroot definition is - a succulent herb (Lewisia rediviva) of the purslane family that grows in western North America and has starchy roots and pink or white flowers.

3. In the fourth century BC, Theophrastus names purslane, andrákhne (ἀνδράχνη), as one of the several summer pot herbs that must be sown in April (Enquiry into Plants 7.1.2).

4. Pest(s) 2 spotted spider mite raspberry crown borer cane borer, crown borer, stink bugs Root weevils Sclerotinia and labelled diseases Cabbage looper, armyworm Labelled weeds striped cucumber beetle Phytophthora capsici Labelled weeds Blossom Blight Labelled weeds Labelled weeds Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Alternaria daucci, Cercospora carotae Nutsedge, galisoga, purslane, wild buckwheat carrot rust fly and weevil, cabbage looper pythium damping off, forking, cavity spot Pythium Labelled weeds Labelled weeds Labelled weeds