noun
- Weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan.
- synonyms: pussley, pussly, verdolagas, Portulaca oleracea
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