spinach : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spinach	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spinach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spinach n southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves Synonym(s): spinach, spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. [82]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isf[be]n[be]j, isfin[be]j, aspan[be]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.