TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tetragonia tetragonioides mean? 

• TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES (noun)
  The noun TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES has 1 sense:

1. coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves

  Familiarity information: TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES used as a noun is very rare.

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• TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

New Zealand spinach; Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides

Hypernyms ("Tetragonia tetragonioides" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Tetragonia tetragonioides" is a member of...):

genus Tetragonia; Tetragonia (New Zealand spinach)