- French spinach
- nouncommon Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States• Syn: ↑red goosefoot, ↑Chenopodium rubrum• Hypernyms: ↑goosefoot
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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
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spinach — /ˈspɪnɪtʃ / (say spinich) noun 1. Also, English spinach. an annual herb, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its succulent leaves. 2. Also, US, Swiss chard. a form of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large, firm, strongly veined green leaves and a… …
spinach — [16] The ultimate origin of the word spinach is Persian aspanākh, which passed via Arabic isfināj, medieval Latin spinachia, and Spanish espinaca into Old French as espinache. Middle Dutch borrowed this as spinaetse, the probable source of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
spinach — [16] The ultimate origin of the word spinach is Persian aspanākh, which passed via Arabic isfināj, medieval Latin spinachia, and Spanish espinaca into Old French as espinache. Middle Dutch borrowed this as spinaetse, the probable source of… … Word origins
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spinach — noun Etymology: Middle English spinache, from Anglo French, alteration of Old French espinaces, from Medieval Latin spinachium, ultimately from Arabic isfānākh, from Persian Date: 15th century 1. an Asian herb (Spinacia oleracea) of the goosefoot … New Collegiate Dictionary
spinach — spin|ach [ˈspınıdʒ, ıtʃ] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: espinache, from Arabic isfanakh, from Persian] a vegetable with large dark green leaves … Dictionary of contemporary English
