Chinese spinach

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Noun

Chinese spinach (uncountable)

1. Any of several plants grown as leaf vegetables:
   1. Ipomoea aquatica, water spinach, a semi-aquatic plant with hollow stems and long, lance-shaped leaves.
   2. Amaranthus dubius, often bearing red or purple marks
   3. Amaranthus tricolor, edible amaranth
   4. Basella alba, Malabar spinach, with thick, succulent, heart-shaped leaves
   5. Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd's purse)

References

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