verdolaga

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noun

Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounverdolaga (plural verdolagas)

plural verdolagas

Synonyms & antonyms

nounweedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishverdolaga
  2. Spanishverdolaga
  3. Englishverdolaga

Borrowed from Spanish verdolaga.

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APA

verdolaga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdolaga

MLA

“verdolaga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdolaga. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verdolaga,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdolaga.

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