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Okinawa spinach

Okinawa spinach noun: gynura bicolor, an edible perennial plant with dark green and purple leaves used in cooking and traditional medicine.

okinawa spinach: gynura bicolor, an edible perennial plant with dark green and purple leaves used in cooking and...
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Noun

Okinawa spinach (uncountable)

  1. Gynura bicolor, an edible perennial plant with dark green and purple leaves used in cooking and traditional medicine.

Forms of Okinawa spinach

alternative formOkinawan spinach

Origin of Okinawa spinach

From Okinawa + spinach. Named for its cultivation in Okinawa and areas of southern Japan. Originally native to mainland Asia and introduced to Japan, it is unrelated to the common spinach (Spinacia oleracea).

Questions about Okinawa spinach

What does Okinawa spinach mean?
Okinawa spinach means gynura bicolor, an edible perennial plant with dark green and purple leaves used in cooking and traditional medicine.
What part of speech is Okinawa spinach?
Okinawa spinach is a noun.

Words near Okinawa spinach in the dictionary

  1. okinas
  2. Okinawa
  3. Okinawa diet
  4. Okinawa rail
  5. Okinawa rails
  6. Okinawa spinach
  7. Okinawan
  8. Okinawan habu
  9. Okinawan habus
  10. Okinawan purple potato
  11. Okinawan purple potatoes

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