Spinach - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Spinach : (noun)
1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea]
2: dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads

Based on WordNet 2.0

Spinach : \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of Persian origin.] (Bot.) A common pot herb ({Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.

Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.

New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia expansa), a poor substitute for spinach.

Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)