noun
- a common weedy plant (Portulaca oleracea) with small yellow flowers and fleshy leaves, also known as purslane
Usage: regional; dialectal
Examples
- The pussley grew wild in the garden beds.
- Grandmother used to cook pussley as a green vegetable.
- The chickens loved to eat the pussley that sprouted after the rain.
- We pulled the pussley from between the tomato plants.
- Pussley can be eaten raw in salads or cooked like spinach.