| Noun | 1. | genus Tetragonia - New Zealand spinach caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Aizoaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, Tetragoniaceae - succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds New Zealand spinach, Tetragonia expansa, Tetragonia tetragonioides - coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves |