PURSLANE  , the See also:

• COMMON

common name for a small fleshy See also:

• ANNUAL

annual with prostrate stems, entire leaves and small yellow See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, known botanically as Portulaca oleracea . It is a native of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, which was introduced into See also:

• EUROPE

Europe as a See also:

• SALAD (Med. Lat. salata, salted, pickled, salare, to sprinkle with salt)

salad plant, and in some countries has spread so as to become a noxious See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

weed . In certainparts of the See also:

• UNITED

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 (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever . Some of the See also:

• SPECIES

species of the same genus, such as P. grandiflora and its varieties, are grown in gardens on See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-See also:

• WORK

work owing to the See also:

• GREAT

great beauty and deep colouring of their flowers, the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short duration of individual blossoms being compensated for by the abundance with which they are produced .