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MOUNTAIN SPINACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain spinach mean?
• MOUNTAIN SPINACH (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN SPINACH has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN SPINACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Atriplex hortensis; garden orache; mountain spinach
Hypernyms ("mountain spinach" is a kind of...):
orach; orache (any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes)
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