Meaning of SPINACH
| Pronunciation: | | 'spinich
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- [n] dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
- [n] southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
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| | Synonyms: | | prickly-seeded spinach, spinach plant, Spinacia oleracea |
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| | See Also: | | genus Spinacia, green, greens, leafy vegetable, prickly-seeded spinach, spinach, spinach, spinach plant, Spinacia, Spinacia oleracea, vegetable | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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