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Spinacia oleracea

noun

Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves. Synonyms: prickly-seeded spinach, spinach, spinach plant.

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... sp. Gleditschia sp. Ceratonia siliqua. Trifolium repens! Cassia marylandica. Mimosa Lophantha. Rosa centifolia. gallica. Begonia sp. Bellis perennis! Nicotiana sp. Goodenia ovata! Antirrhinum majus! Vinca rosea. Polygonum orientale. Aristolochia sipho? Codiaeum variegatum var.! Spinacia oleracea. Corylus avellana! Polygonatum ...

— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters

Words linked to "Spinacia oleracea" : spinach plant, vegetable, genus Spinacia, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia