See Also: Spinach(medicine)
spinach(dictionary)
spinach(encyclopedia)
spinach(dictionary)
Pea and Spinach Frittata(recipes)
Hot and Spicy Spinach(recipes)
Spinach Quiche(recipes)
Spinach Sensation(recipes)
Spinach Lasagna(recipes)
Spinach-Ham Lasagna(recipes)

spinach (iou)



spinach noun. ME.
[Prob. from Old French espinache, -age (mod. epinard) from Spanish espinaca from Hispano-Arab. isbina, Arab. isbana from Persian aspana, aspanaj.]
A plant of the goosefoot family, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible dark green succulent leaves; the leaves of this plant used as a vegetable. ME.
b. With specifying word: any of various plants of other genera and families resembling spinach or used in a similar way. E18.
Malabar spinach, New Zealand spinach, etc.
Any of three geometrid moths of the genera Eulithis and Pelurga, which have brown and yellow patterned forewings; esp. E. mellinata, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of currants. M19.
Nonsense, rubbish. US colloq. (now rare). E20.
gammon and spinach: see GAMMON noun3 3.
Comb.: spinach beet a form of beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, eaten as a green vegetable; spinach-green noun & adjective (of) a dark green colour; spinach jade a dark green nephrite; spinach moth = sense 2 above.
spinachy adjective characteristic or suggestive of spinach M20.