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porpé (s.xiiiin)
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porpé (s.xiiiin)

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(pupie (l. pu[r]pié))  
  FEW:  *pullipes 9,529a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  pourpier 10,392a TL: porpié 7,1538 DEAF:  porpié  DMF:  pourpié  TLF:  pourpier  OED:  purpy n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

bot.purslane, succulent plant with small yellow flowers, Portulaca oleracea: 
( MS: s.xiiiin )  portulaca iacens, intiba fixa solo: pupie (l. pu[r]pié) vel percepul gallice; secundum quosdam pié de pulein, secundum quosdam idem est quod luvesche, portulaca  TLL i 52
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  porpé et la termine, Rue, [...] Fetes icés prendre et coilir, En cervoise ou en vin boilir  Pop Med 157.275

[gdw]

See also:

porcelane  portulac 
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