spinach
nounEtymology
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
Definitions
A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
- Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way…
Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.
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Derived
African spinach, Botany Bay spinach, buffalo spinach, Cape spinach, Ceylon spinach, Chinese spinach, cholesterol spinach, climbing spinach (vine spinach, creeping spinach, Cuban spinach, dark spinach, Egyptian spinach, French spinach, gammon and spinach, Lincolnshire spinach, Malabar spinach, Mollucan spinach, mountain spinach, mustard spinach, Navajo spinach, New Zealand spinach, Okinawan spinach, perpetual spinach, red spinach, red vine spinach, sand and spinach, sissoo spinach, spinach beet, spinach dip, spinach dock, spinachless, spinachlike, spinach mustard, spinachy, spinasterol, strawberry spinach, tree spinach, vine spinach, water spinach, wild spinach
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for spinach. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA