An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an
anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See
Bivalve.
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 A...