spinach
SaySPIN-ich/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
- 1An edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, grown for its dark green leaves, which are eaten cooked or raw.
She sautéed the spinach with garlic and a little olive oil.
Fresh spinach wilts quickly once it has been picked.
- 2Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, that are used for greens in the same way as true spinach or that resemble it.
Farmers in the tropics often plant water spinach along flooded ditches.
Malabar spinach climbs trellises and produces edible leaves all summer.
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Origin
It came through Middle English and Anglo-Norman from Old French espinoche and Old Occitan espinarc, ultimately from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), which in turn came from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx).