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mountain spinach

mountain spinach noun: a plant in the amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable, Atriplex hortensis.

mountain spinach: a plant in the amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable, Atriplex hortensis
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Noun

mountain spinach (uncountable)

  1. A plant in the amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable, Atriplex hortensis.
    Synonyms:
    garden orache, red orach, French spinach, orache, arrach

Synonyms of mountain spinach

Questions about mountain spinach

What does mountain spinach mean?
Mountain spinach means a plant in the amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable, Atriplex hortensis.
What part of speech is mountain spinach?
Mountain spinach is a noun.

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