Spin·ach, Spin·age n. 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.
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Spinacia oleracea
n : southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent
edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach, spinach plant,
prickly-seeded spinach]