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Tetragonia

noun

New Zealand spinach

• Syn: ↑genus Tetragonia

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aizoaceae, ↑family Aizoaceae, ↑Tetragoniaceae, ↑family Tetragoniaceae, ↑carpetweed family

• Member Meronyms: ↑New Zealand spinach, ↑Tetragonia tetragonioides, ↑Tetragonia expansa

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\\ˌte.trəˈgōneə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tetragōnia spindle tree, from tetragōnos tetragonal + -ia -y

: a genus of fleshy herbs or undershrubs (family Aizoaceae) of wide distribution having yellow or reddish apetalous flowers and a winged or quadrangular nut or drupe — see new zealand spinach

Useful english dictionary. 2012.