Spinach vs. Waterleaf

Spinachnoun

A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

Waterleafnoun

(botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.

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Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is.

Waterleafnoun

(botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.

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Chinese spinach, red spinach (Amaranthus dubius)

Waterleafnoun

A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.

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Malabar spinach red vine spinach, creeping spinach, climbing spinach, vine spinach, buffalo spinach, Ceylon spinach (Basella alba)

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(architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture

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(Atriplex hortensis)

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(paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.

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(Brassica juncea)

Waterleafnoun

Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.

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New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides, syn. Tetragonia expansa)

Waterleafnoun

any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum

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(Gynura bicolor)

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(Alternanthea sissoo)

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(Chenopodium capitatum)

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water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

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(South Africa) wild spinach, African spinach (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)

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, perpetual spinach (Beta vulgaris: chard)

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(Cleome serrulata)

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Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus, syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus: Good King Henry)

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, mountain spinach (Atriplex spp., Chenopodium rubrum)

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(Rumex acetosa: common sorrel, garden sorrel)

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(Montia perfoliata)

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Plants with spinach-like leaves that are noxious in some way

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(Tetragonia spp.), which is toxic

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(Emex australis), which bears thorny seeds

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(Trianthema triquetra)

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Plants with spinach-like leaves that have medicinal use

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, Mollucan spinach (Gynura nepalensis)

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A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.

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southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves

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dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads

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an edible Asian plant of the goosefoot family, with large dark green leaves which are widely eaten as a vegetable.

Spinach

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae.