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Definition of Prickly-seeded spinach

1. Noun. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickly-seeded Spinach

Literary usage of Prickly-seeded spinach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... to 4-toothed calyx, this calyx hardening and inclosing the achene and of ten becoming horned on the sides and giving rise to "prickly- seeded" spinach. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... becoming horned on the sides and giving rise to "prickly-seeded" Spinach. The cultivated forms have developed much thicker and broader radical leaves, ..."

3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"A portion of the prickly-seeded spinach KIT* * 3721. Seed, and process in soiling. " When raised by itself, spinach i* generally sown broad-«*11 2oz. will ..."

4. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1822)
"A portion of thu prickly-seeded spinach may be sown as thought proper, to come in among the successive summer crops ; and if drilled between lines of other ..."

5. Vegetable Gardening by Ralph Levi Watts (1912)
"Prickly Seeded Spinach. "Plants variable, leaves often with long and slender stalks and rather narrow blades. Seeds with hornlike projections. ..."

6. Every Man His Own Gardener: The Complete Gardener : Being a Gardener's by John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe (1832)
"... that being the most proper sort to sow at this season, its leaves being considerably thicker and larger than the prickly-seeded spinach. ..."

7. The American Gardener's Calendar; Adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the by Bernard M'Mahon (1806)
"... some prickly-seeded spinach, it being the hardiest kind, about the latter end of the month ; let some dry warm ground be prepared for this purpose, ..."

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