How to Use purslane in a Sentence
purslane
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Some of her favorites are lantana, purslane and rose moss.
—Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
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Combine the melon, corn, tomatoes, green onion and purslane in a large bowl.
—SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Where bare earth stood, the bindweed sprout is a foot high, the purslane a foot across and the galinsoga putting out its first flowers.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020
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Mars points out that purslane was one of Gandhi’s favorite foods.
—Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2017
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In the sun use zinnias, cosmos, vinca, moss rose and purslane.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2018
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Add the watermelon chunks, basil, mint, and purslane and toss again gently.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 1 July 2017
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Just before serving, add to the mixing bowl the purslane, pita chips, parsley, mint and green onion.
—Wolfgang Puck, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2019
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There’s a recipe in there for verdolaga, purslane salad.
—Amy Scattergood, latimes.com, 8 Aug. 2017
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In addition to zinnias, use moss roses, purslane, celosia and vinca in the full sun.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 28 June 2019
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Of all the edible leafy green invaders, purslane is one of the most palatable and nutritious.
—Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2018
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Wild greens such as dandelion, purslane, plantain, and lamb’s ear grow like crazy in our backyard.
—Sean Sherman, Bon Appetit, 18 Oct. 2017
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The island is home to only one species of plants, the sea purslane, a succulent, but is an ideal habitat for a wide range of fish, corals and insects.
—Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 25 May 2020
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For summer color, plant zinnias, vincas, moss roses, purslane and cosmos in the sun.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
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Use vinca, zinnias, moss roses, cosmos or purslane for color in the summer sun.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 25 June 2020
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Moss roses and purslane are low-growing plants that also are drought tolerant and work well in containers in full sun.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2018
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Use moss roses and/or purslane for containers such as hanging baskets in full sun.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 June 2019
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Besides the arboretum’s teaching nursery, rock purslane can be found in many large nurseries and home centers.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 26 May 2017
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The greens typically called weeds that get ripped out of backyards make a delicious salad and can be a bold garnish — think of purslane, or wood sorrel.
—New York Times, 7 Nov. 2019
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This rich night cream is formulated with purslane and potent antioxidants that absorb into the skin to soothe, calm, and tighten the skin.
—Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 17 Mar. 2022
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Best known as a weed, purslane is nonetheless edible and very nutritious.
—Janelle Davis, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
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This has her iconic purslane extract that's in every product, along with vitamin B5.
—ELLE, 24 Dec. 2022
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The hot-weather annuals such as zinnias, moss roses, vinca, cosmos, marigolds and purslane are blooming, but so are some of the cool-weather flowers.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2020
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Salad-making today feels so much more driven by passion than in the past, helped by the glorious selections of leaves at greenmarkets, from purslane to pea shoots.
—Bee Wilson, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2021
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Many food cultures, including those of Crete and Uzbekistan, embrace purslane as a nutritious staple.
—Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2018
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In addition to zinnias as a replacement for the frozen cool-weather annuals, try begonias and penta in the shade and use vinca, cosmos, moss roses and purslane in the sun.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2021
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Epazote oil, piquin chile butter, serrano-verdolaga (purslane) adobo — tell me more!
—jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2022
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Lastly, the succulent rock purslane (Calandrinia spectabilis) offers buckets of bright magenta flowers on tall stems for the better part of the year, all with barely a drop of water.
—Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
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On a recent morning, Daniel Martínez Cariño slices juicy squares of watermelon off the rind, organizing them in a shallow bowl alongside jars of prepared guavas, nopal, and leafy purslane.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2022
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Friends also contributed to her project, giving her birds of paradise and magenta bougainvillea, creeping rosemary and rock purslane.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
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In dishes such as split-pea soup with plantain and dumplings, and All Green Everything—a bowl of crisply sautéed baby okra, asparagus, and Brussels sprouts, garnished with purslane and spinach-and-basil pesto—the vegetables speak for themselves.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
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