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Definition of New Zealand spinach
1. Noun. Coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves.
Group relationships: Genus Tetragonia, Tetragonia
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of New Zealand spinach
1. Noun. A plant whose leaves are used as spinach-like greens, ''Tetragonia tetragonioides'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of New Zealand Spinach
Literary usage of New Zealand spinach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1851)
"B. New Zealand spinach.—A correspondent who is a good judge of greens, ...
New Zealand spinach is remarkable as being almost the only native of the isles of ..."
2. The Family Kitchen Gardener: Containing Plain and Accurate Descriptions of by Robert Buist (1861)
"... and twenty feet long, having the plants four or six inches apart, trill produce
a sufficiency of seed for every domestic purpose. New Zealand spinach. ..."
3. The Profitable Culture of Vegetables for Market Gardeners, Small Holders by Thomas Smith (1913)
"Cu them exhibiting their New Zealand spinach, true character and capabilities.
The leaves are not picked singly, as those of the true Spinach are, ..."
4. The Garden Yard: A Handbook of Intensive Farming by Bolton Hall (1909)
"A variety known as New Zealand spinach, which is hardly a true spinach, thrives
in summer, but as greens are not greatly in demand in summer, ..."
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