water spinach

English

water spinach or water morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica

water spinach or Chinese amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor

Noun

water spinach (uncountable)

1. Ipomoea aquatica, a green leafy vegetable used as a food in several cuisines of East and Southeast Asia
2. , often bearing red or purple marks
3. Amaranthus tricolor, edible amaranth
4. Basella alba, Malabar spinach, with thick, succulent, heart-shaped leaves

Synonyms

• (Ipomoema aquatica): river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, Chinese spinach, Chinese watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage, kangkong, ong choy, on choy
• (Amaranthus dubius): red spinach, rau den, spleen amaranth
• (Amaranthus tricolor): Joseph's coat, Chinese amaranth

Translations

Ipomoema aquatica

• Burmese: ကန်စွန်း (my) (kancwan:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蕹菜 (ung³ coi³), 通菜 (tung¹ coi³)

  Mandarin: 空心菜 (zh) (kōngxīncài)

• Finnish: pinaattielämänlanka
• Ilocano: balangeg
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• Indonesian: kangkung (id)
• Santali: ᱠᱷᱚᱲᱚᱝ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ (khôṛôṅ aṛak’), ᱠᱟᱹᱬᱫᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ (kăṇdi aṛak’)
• Tagalog: kangkong
• Thai: ผักบุ้ง (th)
• Vietnamese: rau muống (vi)

References

• Ipomoea aquatica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ipomoea aquatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ipomoea aquatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons