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.
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Mountain spinach. See
Garden orache, under
Orache.
New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb (
Tetragonia expansa
), a poor substitute for spinach.
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Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
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