Malabar nightshade

noun

Basella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable.

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Malabar climbing spinachCeylon spinachIndian spinachEast Indian spinachSurinam spinachChinese spinachMalabar spinachbroad bologi
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Meanings

nounMalabar nightshade (usually uncountable, plural Malabar nightshades)

plural Malabar nightshades

  1. uncountableusuallyBasella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable.

    Synonyms: Malabar climbing spinach, Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach, East Indian spinach, Surinam spinach, Chinese spinach, Malabar spinach, broad bologi

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBasella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable.

Similar
Malabar climbing spinachCeylon spinachIndian spinachEast Indian spinachSurinam spinachChinese spinachMalabar spinachbroad bologivine spinachVietnamese spinachbuffalo spinach
Also see
malabar spinach
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APA

Malabar nightshade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20nightshade

MLA

“Malabar nightshade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20nightshade. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malabar nightshade,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20nightshade.

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