new zealand spinach

2 definitions found

new zealand spinach - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
  
     New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb (Tetragonia  expansa
        ), a poor substitute for spinach.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
           [1913 Webster]

new zealand spinach - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  New Zealand spinach
      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]