water spinach

English

water spinach or water morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica

water spinach or Chinese amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor

Pronunciation

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Noun

water spinach (uncountable)

1. Ipomoea aquatica, a green leafy vegetable used as a food in several cuisines of East and Southeast Asia
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

Synonyms

• (Ipomoema aquatica): river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, Chinese spinach, Chinese watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage, kangkong, ong choy, on choy
• (Amaranthus dubius): red spinach, rau den, spleen amaranth
• (Amaranthus tricolor): Joseph's coat, Chinese amaranth

Translations

Ipomoema aquatica

• Burmese: ကန်စွန်း (my) (kancwan:)
• Caribbean Hindustani: kermi, karemwá, karamwa, karamiyá
• Caribbean Javanese: kangkung
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蕹菜 (ung³ coi³), 通菜 (tung¹ coi³)

  Mandarin: 空心菜 (zh) (kōngxīncài)

• Dutch: dagoeblad n (Suriname), waterspinazie (nl) m or f, kangkoeng m
• Finnish: pinaattielämänlanka
• Ilocano: balangeg
• Indonesian: kangkung (id)
• Japanese: 蕹菜 (ja) (yousai)
• Santali: ᱠᱷᱚᱲᱚᱝ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ (khôṛôṅ aṛak’), ᱠᱟᱹᱬᱫᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ (kăṇdi aṛak’)
• Saramaccan: dágúblad
• Sranan Tongo: dagublat
• Tagalog: kangkong
• Thai: ผักบุ้ง (th)
• Tày: bủng, phjắc bủng
• Vietnamese: rau muống (vi)

References

• Ipomoea aquatica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ipomoea aquatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ipomoea aquatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons