Malabar spinach

noun

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

Similar
Malabar climbing spinachCeylon spinachIndian spinachEast-Indian spinachSurinam spinachChinese spinachMalabar nightshadebroad bologi
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Meanings

nounMalabar spinach (usually uncountable, plural Malabar spinaches)

plural Malabar spinaches

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
Malabar climbing spinachCeylon spinachIndian spinachEast-Indian spinachSurinam spinachChinese spinachMalabar nightshadebroad bologivine spinachVietnamese spinachbuffalo spinach
Also see
malabar nightshade

Translations

Catalan espinac de Ceilan
  • espinac de Ceilanplant
Chinese Mandarin 木耳菜, 落葵
  • 木耳菜 (mù'ěrcài)plant
  • 落葵 (luòkuí)plant
Vietnamese mồng tơi, mùng tơi
  • mồng tơiplant
  • mùng tơiplant
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APA

Malabar spinach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20spinach

MLA

“Malabar spinach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20spinach. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malabar spinach,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20spinach.

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