Found 2 items, similar to Spinacia oleracea.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea n : southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach, spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spinacia oleracea Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of Persian origin.] (Bot.) A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family. [1913 Webster] Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache. New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb (Tetragonia expansa ), a poor substitute for spinach. [1913 Webster] Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach. [1913 Webster]