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Waterleaf vs Spinach - What's the difference?

waterleaf | spinach |

As nouns the difference between spinach and waterleaf

is that spinach is a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves while waterleaf is any plant of the genus genus: Hydrophyllum.

waterleaf

English

(wikipedia waterleaf)

Alternative forms

*water-leaf

Noun

(Hydrophyllum) (Hydrophyllaceae) (Talinum fruticosum) (waterleaves)
  • (botany) Any plant of the genus .
  • (botany) Any plant of , the waterleaf family.
  • A tropical plant (), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
  • (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
  • (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.

    • Synonyms

    *(tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable ): (cariru), (Ceylon spinach), (Florida spinach), (Lagos bologi), (potherb fameflower), (Philippine spinach), (Surinam purslane), sweetheart

    Derived terms

    * (ballhead waterleaf), (ball-headed waterleaf) * (blunt-leaf waterleaf), (bluntleaf waterleaf) * (vern, Brown's waterleaf) * (dwarf waterleaf) * (vern, Fendler's waterleaf) * (great waterleaf) * (largeleaf waterleaf) * (Pacific waterleaf) * (Virginia waterleaf) * (waterleaf capital) * (western waterleaf)

    Anagrams

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    spinach

    English

    (wikipedia spinach)

    Noun

  • A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea , or its leaves.
  • Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is.
  • # Chinese spinach, )
  • # Malabar spinach (
  • # New Zealand spinach ()
  • # water spinach ()
  • # (label) (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)
  • # (Beta vulgaris : chard)
  • # )
  • # Lincolnshire spinach (: Good King Henry)
  • # mountain spinach Atriplex spp.
  • # )
  • # )

    • See also

    * Popeye