'New Zealand spinach' definitions:
Definition of 'New Zealand spinach'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'New Zealand spinach'
From: GCIDE
- 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]