About The Word Spinach
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Spinach
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What's The Definition Of Spinach?
[n] dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
[n] southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves Synonyms | Synonyms for Spinach: prickly-seeded spinach | spinach plant | Spinacia oleracea Related Terms | Find terms related to Spinach: See Also | genus Spinacia | green | greens | leafy vegetable | prickly-seeded spinach | spinach | spinach | spinach plant | Spinacia | Spinacia oleracea | vegetable Spinach In Webster's Dictionary \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache,
espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all
fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of
Persian origin.] (Bot.)
A common pot herb ({Spinacia oleracea}) belonging to the
Goosefoot family.
{Mountain spinach}. See {Garden orache}, under {Orache}.
{New Zealand spinach} (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia
expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach.
Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
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