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Cuban spinach

Cuban spinach

9.2
A soft leafy herb like spinach that people grow and eat as a salad or cooked green
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : espinazo cubano
  • She added chopped Cuban spinach to the soup for extra flavor and texture.

Examples

  • Dishes featuring Cuban spinach are popular in regions along the Pacific coast.

  • Local farmers sometimes grow Cuban spinach as a nutritious alternative to traditional greens.

  • I love adding Cuban spinach to my salads.

  • Have you tried Cuban spinach in your cooking?

  • Local farmers sometimes grow Cuban spinach as a nutritious alternative to traditional greens.

  • Dishes featuring Cuban spinach are popular in regions along the Pacific coast.

  • She added chopped Cuban spinach to the soup for extra flavor and texture.

Synonyms

miner's lettuce
vsCuban spinach
  • US
1 8.5

A small green plant with soft round leaves that people eat raw in salads

is found specifically on coastal dunes and wasteland rather than broadly
winter purslane
vsCuban spinach
  • Specialized
8.8

A small green plant with soft leaves that you eat raw in salads

is a succulent herb found on Pacific coastal dunes and waste ground

Surface Forms

Cuban spinach singular
Cuban spinaches plural

Morphology

Cuban + spinach

The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'Cuban' (relating to Cuba) and 'spinach' (an edible leafy plant) will infer this refers to a variety or type of spinach associated with Cuba. The meaning is compositionally predictable and follows standard noun modification patterns, so it is transparent even if the plant's actual distribution may not match the geographic label.

Etymology

Cuban spinach may come from Cuban cooks who used this easy green like spinach in salads and stews. That's why the name now means a leafy herb people eat as a salad or cooking green.