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Tetragonia expansa
(gcide) | Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache,
espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all
fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of
Persian origin.] (Bot.)
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the
Goosefoot family.
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Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia
expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach.
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Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
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tetragonia expansa
(wn) | Tetragonia expansa
n 1: coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow
flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and
succulent leaves [syn: New Zealand spinach, {Tetragonia
tetragonioides}, Tetragonia expansa] |
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