spinach-rhubarb

[ spin-ich-roo-bahrb ]

/ ˈspɪn ɪtʃˌru bɑrb /

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noun

an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb.

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How to use spinach-rhubarb in a sentence

How is life worth living without spinach, tender asparagus, or purple-sprouting broccoli?
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She even had the audacity to steal from his personal rhubarb plant.
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It was my job to cook the vegetables, one of which was creamed spinach.
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I should also think about having a protein shake with kale and spinach for breakfast every morning.
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RHUBY is a heady blend of rhubarb, beets, carrots, and cardamom.
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Mike loaded the wagon with peas, the last of the rhubarb, and ten quarts of currants picked by Peter, and off we started.
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Here Justin entered with a steaming bowl of stewed moose meat and prairie spinach.
Menotah|Ernest G. Henham
Vegetables, however, of any kind are very scarce, though in the summer a species of spinach can be got in some places.
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Make a mound of spinach pure in the centre of the dish, and place the pigeons around, standing up against the pure.
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Even years afterward Peter could never look at spinach without blinking.
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