Chinese spinach
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Chinese spinach can mean any of several plants grown as leaf vegetables in China (among other places):
- Ipomoea aquatica, (蕹菜; wéngcài) semi-aquatic with hollow stems and long, lance-shaped leaves
- Amaranth, (苋菜; xiàncài) with coarse, slightly hairy leaves, often bearing red or purple marks
- Malabar spinach, (落葵; luòkúi) with thick, succulent, heart-shaped leaves