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okinawa spinach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
ok-i-nawa spinach
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Okinawan spinach (alternative)

Questions

What does okinawa spinach mean?
Gynura bicolor, an edible perennial plant with dark green and purple leaves used in cooking and traditional medicine.
Where does okinawa spinach come from?
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).

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