Usage of "wild spinach"

Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb.

European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.

Synonyms

Examples for "pigweed"

Raw they ate thistle tops, pigweed, and crowfoot, with great relish. 
 The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia 

Pull up all the beets and leave the pigweed, hey? 
 St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, ... 

The grass waved to their stirrups, and the pigweed stood rank up to the very door. 
 North of Fifty-Three 

Even pigweed can be a delicacy. 
 The new yorker 

Should I get more pigweed seeds? 
 The Valley of Horses 

Cooked with pork-fat and lamb's-quarters, an herb used to make greens taste more savory, these leaves, and the first tender shoots make poke salad. 
 The new yorker 

We call it lamb's-quarter, for the lamb doth eat it by choice. 
 Woodland Tales 

Usage of wild spinach in English

Women with wood on their heads and marog ( wild spinach) in their hip pockets. 
 The South African 

We marvelled at the birds, we picked the wild spinach and fennel and imagined the Lusitania's drift to calamity a few miles offshore. 
 The Irish Times 

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Meanings of wild spinach in English