Winter Purslane (Noun)
Meaning
Succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Winter purslane grows rapidly on waste ground, producing tender stems suitable for salads and soups.
- Some foragers cultivate winter purslane on their balconies, so they have easy access to its delicate flavor year-round.
- Although a Pacific coastal native, winter purslane is easily cultivated on poor soils found on disturbed land in a wide variety of settings.
- Fresh purslane may have slightly astringent leaves when first tasted but adds fresh citrus and pepper undertones, the texture smooth on cooked and pureed versions such as salsa, especially purslane's smaller wild varieties often classified under 'winter' types.
- Harvest purslane year-round; young plants harvested prior to budding for cooking - once grown this North American Pacific variety and Winter have most 'Winter-purslane taste when these little delicate young and red in lower young ones young shoot taste but do bring bright vivid look adding charm too these dark year evening's as does common spinach year with hot months from many various Pacific West land many West climate location setting ground including both from poor from desert too area 'year that as once small yellow one this are' best part harvest.'