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    PRICKLY-SEEDED SPINACH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leavesplay

    Synonyms:

    prickly-seeded spinach; spinach; spinach plant; Spinacia oleracea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("prickly-seeded spinach" is a kind of...):

    vegetable (any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower)

    Meronyms (parts of "prickly-seeded spinach"):

    spinach (dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads)

    Holonyms ("prickly-seeded spinach" is a member of...):

    genus Spinacia; Spinacia (spinach)

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