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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spinach has 2 senses
- spinach(n = noun.plant) prickly-seeded spinach, spinach plant, spinacia oleracea - southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves; Array has parts: spinach
- spinach(n = noun.food) Array - dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads; Array is a kind of green, greens, leafy vegetable
is a member of genus spinacia, spinacia
is a kind of vegetable
is a part of prickly-seeded spinach, spinach, spinach plant, spinacia oleracea
CIDE DICTIONARY
spinach, n. [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. épinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isfānāj, isfināj, aspanākh, probably of Persian origin.].
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea ) belonging to the Goosefoot family. [1913 Webster]
" Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spinach, n.
1 a green garden vegetable, Spinacia oleracea, with succulent leaves.
2 the leaves of this plant used as food.
1 a green garden vegetable, Spinacia oleracea, with succulent leaves.
2 the leaves of this plant used as food.
Idiom
spinach beet a variety of beetroot cultivated for its edible leaves.
Derivative
spinaceous adj. spinachy adj.
Etymology
prob. MDu. spinaetse, spinag(i)e, f. OF espinage, espinache f. med.L spinac(h)ia etc. f. Arab. ' isfanak f. Pers. ispanak: perh. assim. to L spina SPINE, with ref. to its prickly seeds
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