spinach leaves

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• spinach beet — n. 1. a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks. Syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a plant with long succulent whitish stalks with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spinach — [spin′ich] n. [< MFr espinach < (? via ML spinachia) OSp espinaca < Ar isbānakh < Pers aspanākh] 1. a plant (Spinacia oleracea) of the goosefoot family, with large, dark green, juicy, edible leaves, usually eaten cooked 2. the leaves… …   English World dictionary

• spinach — ► NOUN ▪ a plant with large dark green leaves which are eaten as a vegetable. ORIGIN probably from Old French espinache, from Persian …   English terms dictionary

• Spinach — Taxobox name = Spinach image width = 270px image caption = Spinach in flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Amaranthaceae, formerly Chenopodiaceae [http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=1997 …   Wikipedia

• spinach — spinachlike, adj. /spin ich/, n. 1. a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves. 2. the leaves. [1520 30; < MF espinache, espinage < OSp espinaca, alter. of Ar isfanakh, perh. < Pers] * * * Hardy, leafy annual… …   Universalium

• spinach beet — noun 1. beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks • Syn: ↑chard, ↑Swiss chard, ↑leaf beet, ↑chard plant, ↑Beta vulgaris cicla • Hypernyms: ↑beet, ↑common beet, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• spinach — /ˈspɪnɪtʃ / (say spinich) noun 1. Also, English spinach. an annual herb, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its succulent leaves. 2. Also, US, Swiss chard. a form of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large, firm, strongly veined green leaves and a… …  

• spinach — n. 1 a green garden vegetable, Spinacia oleracea, with succulent leaves. 2 the leaves of this plant used as food. Phrases and idioms: spinach beet a variety of beetroot cultivated for its edible leaves. Derivatives: spinaceous adj. spinachy adj.… …   Useful english dictionary

• spinach plant — noun southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves • Syn: ↑spinach, ↑prickly seeded spinach, ↑Spinacia oleracea • Hypernyms: ↑vegetable • Member Holonyms: ↑Spinacia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• spinach-rhubarb — /spin ich rooh bahrb/, n. an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb. * * * …   Universalium

• spinach — [[t]spɪ̱nɪʤ, ɪtʃ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Spinach is a vegetable with large dark green leaves that you chop up and boil in water before eating …   English dictionary