HyperDic: new_zealand_spinach

English > 1 sense of the expression New Zealand spinach:
NOUNplantNew Zealand spinach, Tetragonia tetragonioides, Tetragonia expansacoarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers
English > New Zealand spinach: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcoarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young / young shoots and succulent leaves.
SynonymsTetragonia tetragonioides, Tetragonia expansa
Member ofTetragonia, genus TetragoniaNew Zealand spinach
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
SpanishTetragonia expansa

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