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CUBAN SPINACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuban spinach mean?
• CUBAN SPINACH (noun)
The noun CUBAN SPINACH has 1 sense:
1. succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America
Familiarity information: CUBAN SPINACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cuban spinach; miner's lettuce; Montia perfoliata; winter purslane
Hypernyms ("Cuban spinach" is a kind of...):
Indian lettuce (a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves)
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