Spinach

/spɪˈnætʃ/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves. countable, uncountable

    "Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them."

  2. 2
    dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads wordnet
  3. 3
    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. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves wordnet

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green colorgreen huegreen shadeleafy greenmoneyprickly-seeded spinach

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"There are people who don't like spinach."

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).

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