叶菾菜又称莙荙菜,它是藜科、甜菜属的一二年生草本,绿叶类蔬菜,以嫩叶供食用。叶菾菜原产于欧洲南部以及地中海沿岸地区,经波斯等地传入我国。由于驯化历史久远,栽培地域广阔,人们根据食用器官及其形态、品质、功能等特征,并参照域外名称翻译,先后赋予它五花八门的名称。 在我国古籍中,莙和荙原来分别指某种藻类和野草。用莙荙联合命名始见于北宋时期的《嘉祐补注神农本草》。它又可写作君达、莙达、军达、军荙,都是源于波斯语-gundar——的汉字音译。由于各地方言的差异,还派生出诸如根达、根大、根答、根斗、根刀和根头等为数众多的俗称。过去有人不了解其名称的来源,竟把它写成“善逵菜”,闹出过鲁鱼亥豕的笑话。 It is a biennial herb of the genera of the genus Chenopodiaceae, a green leafy vegetable, which is served by young leaves. Leafy cabbage native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean coast, passed into Persia and other places. Due to their long history of domestication and vast cultivation areas, people have given them various names according to the characteristics of edible organs, their morphology, quality and function, and with reference to the translation of extraterritorial names. In our ancient books, 莙 and 荙 were originally referred to as a kind of algae and weeds. Joint name with the emu began to appear in the Northern Song Dynasty “Jia You Note Shennong Materia Medica.” It can be written as Junda, Trent, Army, Military, all from the Persian-gundar-- Chinese transliteration. Due to differences in dialects across the country, but also derived from such as root, root, root, root bucket, root knot root and so a large number of commonly known. In the past, some people did not understand the source of their name, but actually wrote it as “good food” and made a joke about the fish.