NEW ZEALAND SPINACH

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

New Zealand spinach; Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides

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Nouns denoting plants

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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