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Spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea)

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Etymology

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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).

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spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches)

  1. A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
  2. 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.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspinatʃ(ə)/, /ˈspinadʒ(ə)/, /ˈspinartʃ(ə)/

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spinach (plural spinoches)

  1. spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

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  • English: spinach

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.nax/
  • Rhymes: -inax
  • Syllabification: spi‧nach

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spinach m

  1. locative plural of spin

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spinach f

  1. locative plural of spina