spinach Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
    Spinacia oleracea; spinach plant; prickly-seeded spinach.
  2. noun dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads

WordNet

Spin"ach, Spin"age noun (Also<
  • Spinach
  • Spinage
)
Etymology
OF. espinache, espinoche, F. épinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isfanaj, isfinaj, aspanakh, probably of Persian origin.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family. ✍ Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.

Webster 1913