postelein
Dutch
Alternative forms
- porselein (obsolete in this sense)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch porceleine, from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, probably a corruption of Latin porcillāca, an alternative form of Latin portulāca. Cognate of English purslane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɔs.təˈlɛi̯n/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pos‧te‧lein
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
Noun
postelein m (uncountable)
- purslane, any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants, particularly common purslane, Portulaca oleracea
- Synonym: porseleinblad (Suriname)
- (Suriname) waterleaf, Talinum fruticosum
- Synonym: Surinaamse postelein (Netherlands, Indonesia)
Derived terms
- Surinaamse postelein
- winterpostelein
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