pusley

English

Noun

pusley (countable and uncountable, plural pusleys)

  1. (US, dialect) purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
    • 1904, James Power Smith, Brightside Idyls: Every Week of the Year, page 48:
      We have had a hard battle with the weeds and their roots in our lawn, the docks and the mullens and the pusley.

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