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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spin·ach, Spin·age  n.  Bot. A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.
 Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
 New Zealand spinach Bot., a coarse herb (Tetragonia expansa), a poor substitute for spinach.
 Note: ☞ Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 New Zealand spinach
      n : coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow
          flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and
          succulent leaves [syn: Tetragonia tetragonioides, Tetragonia
           expansa]