spinach

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves

3. 3
   noun

   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.

Etymology

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).