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English[edit]

spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea)
Alternative forms[edit]
- spinage (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʾisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches)
- A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
- Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is.
- Chinese spinach, red spinach (Amaranthus dubius)
- Malabar spinach red vine spinach, creeping spinach, climbing spinach, vine spinach, buffalo spinach, Ceylon spinach (Basella alba)
- mountain spinach (Atriplex hortensis)
- mustard spinach (Brassica juncea)
- New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides, syn. Tetragonia expansa)
- Synonyms: Botany Bay spinach, kokihi, warrigal greens
- Okinawan spinach (Gynura bicolor)
- Sissoo spinach (Alternanthera sissoo)
- strawberry spinach (Chenopodium capitatum)
- water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
- (South Africa) wild spinach, African spinach (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)
- spinach beet, perpetual spinach (Beta vulgaris: chard)
- Navajo spinach (Cleome serrulata)
- Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus, syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus: Good King Henry)
- French spinach, mountain spinach (Atriplex spp., Chenopodium rubrum)
- spinach dock (Rumex acetosa: common sorrel, garden sorrel)
- tree spinach:
- Cuban spinach (Claytonia perfoliata, syn. Montia perfoliata)
- Plants with spinach-like leaves that are noxious in some way
- Cape spinach (Emex australis), which bears thorny seeds
- red spinach (Trianthema triquetra)
- Plants with spinach-like leaves that have medicinal use
Translations[edit]
a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea
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Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʾisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (ispanâx).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spinach (plural spinoches)
Descendants[edit]
- English: spinach
References[edit]
- “spinache, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-24.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spinach m
Noun[edit]
spinach f
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