Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malabar spinach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
mal-abar spinach
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Basella alba, an Asian vine with leaves that are used as spinach-like greens.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

Malabar climbing spinach Ceylon spinach Indian spinach East-Indian spinach Surinam spinach Chinese spinach Malabar nightshade broad bologi vine spinach Vietnamese spinach buffalo spinach

Questions

What does malabar spinach mean?
Basella alba, an Asian vine with leaves that are used as spinach-like greens.

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