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spinach — spin·ach || spɪnɪtʃ / dÊ’ n. green leafy vegetable of southwest Asia; edible leaves of the spinach plant … English contemporary dictionary
spinach beet — n. 1. a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks. Syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a plant with long succulent whitish stalks with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spinach — [spin′ich] n. [< MFr espinach < (? via ML spinachia) OSp espinaca < Ar isbānakh < Pers aspanākh] 1. a plant (Spinacia oleracea) of the goosefoot family, with large, dark green, juicy, edible leaves, usually eaten cooked 2. the leaves… … English World dictionary
spinach — ► NOUN ▪ a plant with large dark green leaves which are eaten as a vegetable. ORIGIN probably from Old French espinache, from Persian … English terms dictionary
Spinach — Taxobox name = Spinach image width = 270px image caption = Spinach in flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Amaranthaceae, formerly Chenopodiaceae [http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=1997 … Wikipedia
spinach — spinachlike, adj. /spin ich/, n. 1. a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves. 2. the leaves. [1520 30; < MF espinache, espinage < OSp espinaca, alter. of Ar isfanakh, perh. < Pers] * * * Hardy, leafy annual… … Universalium
spinach beet — noun 1. beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks • Syn: ↑chard, ↑Swiss chard, ↑leaf beet, ↑chard plant, ↑Beta vulgaris cicla • Hypernyms: ↑beet, ↑common beet, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Spinach (moth) — Taxobox name = The Spinach image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Geometridae genus = Eulithis species = E. mellinata binomial = Eulithis mellinata binomial authority = Fabricius,… … Wikipedia
Plant tissue test — The nutrient content of a plant can be assessed by testing a sample of tissue from that plant. These tests are important in agriculture since fertilizer application can be fine tuned if the plants nutrient status is known. Nitrogen most commonly… … Wikipedia
spinach-rhubarb — /spin ich rooh bahrb/, n. an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb. * * * … Universalium
