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NEW ZEALAND SPINACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New Zealand spinach mean? 

NEW ZEALAND SPINACH (noun)
  The noun NEW ZEALAND SPINACH has 1 sense:

1. coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leavesplay

  Familiarity information: NEW ZEALAND SPINACH used as a noun is very rare.


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NEW ZEALAND SPINACH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

New Zealand spinach; Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides

Hypernyms ("New Zealand spinach" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("New Zealand spinach" is a member of...):

genus Tetragonia; Tetragonia (New Zealand spinach)


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