DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.175
Search for:
Search type:
Return Definitions
Match headwords exactly
Match prefixes
Match prefixes (skip, count)
Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword
Match suffixes
POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions
Old (basic) regular expressions
Match using SOUNDEX algorithm
Match headwords within Levenshtein distance one
Match separate words within headwords
Match the first word within headwords
Match the last word within headwords
Database:
Any
First match
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
DICT.TW 注音查詢、中文輸入法字典
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
Network Terminology
MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典
Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WordNet (r) 2.0
Elements database 20001107
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
▼
[Show options]
[
Pronunciation
] [
Help
] [
Database Info
] [
Server Info
]
3 definitions found
From:
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
purs·lane
/ˈpɝslən, ˌslen/
馬齒莧
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Purs·lane
n.
Bot.
An
annual
plant
(
Portulaca oleracea
),
with
fleshy
,
succulent
,
obovate
leaves
,
sometimes
used
as
a
pot
herb
and
for
salads
,
garnishing
,
and
pickling
.
Flowering purslane
,
or
Great flowered purslane
,
the
Portulaca grandiflora
.
See
Portulaca
.
Purslane tree
,
a
South
African
shrub
(
Portulacaria Afra
)
with
many
small
opposite
fleshy
obovate
leaves
.
Sea purslane
,
a
seashore
plant
(
Arenaria peploides
)
with
crowded
opposite
fleshy
leaves
.
Water purslane
,
an
aquatic
plant
(
Ludwiqia palustris
)
but
slightly
resembling
purslane
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
purslane
n
:
a
plant
of
the
family
Portulacaceae
having
fleshy
succulent
obovate
leaves
often
grown
as
a
potherb
or
salad
herb
;
a
weed
in
some
areas
DICT.TW
About DICT.TW
•
Contact Webmaster
•
Index
•
Links