WAIE (whatamieating.com)
This is the searchable online international food dictionary with 67,413 terms in 307 languages plus 42,027 plurals. Just type in the word that you're looking for and press enter or click on search.
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| Indian spinach
Language: English
Description: Indian spinach could be any of a number of greens found across the world. Most likely to be Basella alba, a tropical climbing plant that can grow as high as 2 meters (6 ft), the leaves being harvested as the plant grows and cooked in the same way as spinach or stewed in oil with spices. It is a type of amaranth, which includes many varieties of a sweetish green leafy vegetable known by many different names, including callalloo, elephant’s ear, African/Ceylon/Chinese/Indian spinach, Surinam amaranth, etc.
| Amaranth. One of many wonderful vegetables and herbs on sale by the Coleman Family Farm of Carpinteria at Santa Monica Farmers' Market |
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Latin: Spinaceae oleraceae/Basella alba/Basella rubra/Amaranthus gangeticus/Amaranth oleraceus
Substitutes: spinach
See foods and dishes: African spinach, amaranth, basella, calalou, callaloo, callalo, callilu, Ceylon spinach, Chinese spinach, een choy, elephant’s ear, Malabar spinach, Surinam amaranth, vine spinach
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