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PURSLANE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 666 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PURSLANE , the See also:

common name for a small fleshy See also:annual with prostrate stems, entire leaves and small yellow See also:flowers, known botanically as Portulaca oleracea. It is a native of See also:India, which was introduced into See also:Europe as a See also:salad plant, and in some countries has spread so as to become a noxious See also:weed. In certainparts of the See also:United States the evil qualities of " pussly" have become proverbial. Its juice is refreshing and is used in tropical countries as a refrigerant in See also:fever. Some of the See also:species of the same genus, such as P. grandiflora and its varieties, are grown in gardens on See also:rock-See also:work owing to the See also:great beauty and deep colouring of their flowers, the See also:short duration of individual blossoms being compensated for by the abundance with which they are produced.

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