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Meanings of wild spinach in English

Wikidata

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"
              Examples for "pigweed"
              1
              Raw they ate thistle tops, pigweed, and crowfoot, with great relish.
              The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
              2
              Pull up all the beets and leave the pigweed, hey?
              St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, ...
              3
              The grass waved to their stirrups, and the pigweed stood rank up to the very door.
              North of Fifty-Three
              4
              Even pigweed can be a delicacy.
              The new yorker
              5
              Should I get more pigweed seeds?
              The Valley of Horses
              1
              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
              1
              We call it lamb's-quarter, for the lamb doth eat it by choice.
              Woodland Tales
              Usage of wild spinach in English
              1
              Women with wood on their heads and marog ( wild spinach) in their hip pockets.
              The South African
              2
              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