莧菜

苋菜
xiàncài
  1. amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)
  2. Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

CEDICT

edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

Wiktionary

植物名。莧科莧屬，一年生草本植物。莖細長，葉呈菱狀卵圓形，有青、赤兩色；夏秋開綠色小花，密生成球形，穗狀花序。莖、葉可食。

重編國語辭典

植物名。莧科莧屬，一年生草本植物。（Amaranthustricolor）

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 莧 xiàn
  1. amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
  2. Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
  3. Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
2 菜 cài
  1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤

Containing this entry

鐵莧菜 tiěxiàncài

Related entries

莧 xiàn
  1. amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
  2. Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
  3. Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)