spinach
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspinach (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 or resemble it in some way.
Derived terms
edit- African spinach (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)
- Botany Bay spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides)
- buffalo spinach (Basella alba)
- Cape spinach (Emex australis)
- Ceylon spinach (Basella alba)
- Chinese spinach (Amaranthus dubius)
- cholesterol spinach (Gynura nepalensis)
- climbing spinach (vine spinach (Basella alba)
- creeping spinach (Basella alba)
- Cuban spinach (Claytonia perfoliata, syn. Montia perfoliata)
- Egyptian spinach
- French spinach (Atriplex spp., Chenopodium rubrum)
- gammon and spinach
- Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus, syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus)
- Malabar spinach (Basella alba)
- Mollucan spinach (Gynura nepalensis)
- mountain spinach (Atriplex hortensis)
- mustard spinach (Brassica juncea)
- Navajo spinach (Cleome serrulata)
- New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides, syn. Tetragonia expansa)
- Okinawan spinach (Gynura bicolor)
- perpetual spinach (Beta vulgaris)
- red spinach (Amaranthus dubius; Trianthema triquetra)
- red vine spinach (Basella alba)
- sand and spinach
- Sissoo spinach (Alternanthera sessilis, syn. Alternanthera sissoo)
- spinach beet (Beta vulgaris)
- spinach dip
- spinach dock (Rumex acetosa)
- spinach mustard
- strawberry spinach (Chenopodium capitatum)
- tree spinach (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius, Cnidoscolus chayamansa)
- vine spinach (Basella alba)
- water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
- wild spinach (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)
Translations
edita particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea
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editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspinach (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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editspinach m
Noun
editspinach f
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