spin·ach

(spĭn′ĭch)

1. An annual plant (Spinacia oleracea) native to southwest Asia, widely cultivated for its succulent edible leaves.

2. The leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

[Middle English, from Old French espinache, from Medieval Latin spināchium, from Arabic 'isfānāḫ, from Persian espenāj, espenākh.]

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spinach

(ˈspɪnɪdʒ; -ɪtʃ)

1. (Plants) a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves

2. (Cookery) the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable

[C16: from Old French espinache, from Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic isfānākh, from Persian]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

spin•ach

(ˈspɪn ɪtʃ)

n.

1. a plant, Spinachiaoleracea, of the goosefoot family, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.

2. the leaves, eaten as a vegetable.

[1520–30; < Middle French espinache, espinage < Old Spanish espinaca, alter. of Arabic isfānākh, perhaps < Persian]

spin′ach•like`, adj.

spinach

a la Florentine - Means with spinach.
leaf vegetables - Include cabbage and Romaine lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, endive, and cress.
rainbow rotelle - A combination of tomato, spinach, and regular twirl-shaped pasta in the colors of the Italian flag.
spinach - May come from Persian aspanakh/ispanak, perhaps related to the Latin spina, "spine," because of its prickly seeds.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	spinach - southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves prickly-seeded spinach, spinach plant, Spinacia oleracea spinach - dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads genus Spinacia, Spinacia - spinach vegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
	2.	spinach - dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables prickly-seeded spinach, spinach, spinach plant, Spinacia oleracea - southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves

Translations

سبانخسَبَانِخسَبانِخوَرَق سَبانِخ

špenát

spinat

spinaco

pinaatti

špinat

spenót

spínat

spinaci spinacio spinace

ほうれん草

시금치

špinatas

spināti

Špenát

špinača

spenat

ผักโขม

ıspanak

cải bó xôi

菠菜

spinach

[ˈspɪnɪdʒ] N

1. (Culin) → espinacas fpl

2. (= plant) → espinaca f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spinach

[ˈspɪnɪdʒ ˈspɪnɪtʃ]

(= plant) → épinard m

(as food) → épinards mpl

modif [leaves, salad] → d'épinards

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spinach

n → Spinat m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spinach

[ˈspɪnɪdʒ] n → spinaci mpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spinach

(ˈspinidʒ) , (-nitʃ) noun

1. a kind of plant whose young leaves are eaten as a vegetable. He grows spinach in his garden.

2. the leaves as food. We had steak and spinach for dinner.

spinach

→ سَبَانِخ špenát spinat Spinat σπανάκι espinaca pinaatti épinard špinat spinaci ほうれん草 시금치 spinazie spinat szpinak espinafre шпинат spenat ผักโขม ıspanak cải bó xôi 菠菜

spinach

n espinaca (frec. pl)

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In this mirror the most beautiful landscapes looked like boiled spinach, and the best persons were turned into frights, or appeared to stand on their heads; their faces were so distorted that they were not to be recognised; and if anyone had a mole, you might be sure that it would be magnified and spread over both nose and mouth.

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"I mean spinach," replied Aramis; "but on your account I will add some eggs, and that is a serious infraction of the rule-for eggs are meat, since they engender chickens."

At that moment Bazin entered with the spinach and the omelet.

Bazin, who looked at his master, without comprehending the cause of this change, in a melancholy manner, allowed the omelet to slip into the spinach, and the spinach onto the floor.

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And the man who always ate spareribs and spinach and said he was a stock broker asked her to go to "Parsifal" with him.

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His hostess would hear nothing of his paying either for bed or for board, while the archer and Hordle John placed a hand upon either shoulder and led him off to the board, where some smoking fish, a dish of spinach, and a jug of milk were laid out for their breakfast.

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Close by I saw the wild arum, the roots of which, when well baked, are good to eat, and the young leaves better than spinach. There was the wild yam, and a liliaceous plant called Ti, which grows in abundance, and has a soft brown root, in shape and size like a huge log of wood: this served us for dessert, for it is as sweet as treacle, and with a pleasant taste.

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For all of these reasons, and many more which he right well knows will have occurred to persons of your exceptional acuteness, he is here to submit to you that the time has arrived when, with our hearts in our glasses, with tears in our eyes, with blessings on our lips, and in a general way with a profusion of gammon and spinach in our emotional larders, we should one and all drink to our dear friends the Lammles, wishing them many years as happy as the last, and many many friends as congenially united as themselves.

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"I hope y' enjoyed them spinach and gooseberries as I sent Chester with th' other day.

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"Hope, Joy, Youth, Peace, Rest, Life, Dust, Ashes, Waste, Want, Ruin, Despair, Madness, Death, Cunning, Folly, Words, Wigs, Rags, Sheepskin, Plunder, Precedent, Jargon, Gammon, and Spinach. That's the whole collection," said the old man, "all cooped up together, by my noble and learned brother."

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One control group, one received a placebo, while the third and fourth received two and eight capsules with 100mg of ecdysterone from spinach extract every day.

Spinach sports ban; Scientists want Popeye's hormone-rich favourite on prohibited list