NOUN | plant | spinach, spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea | southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves |
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food | spinach | dark green leaves |
Sounds | spih'nahch | |
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Rhymes | Bruch ... touch: 11 rhymes with ahch... |
Meaning | Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves. | |
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Synonyms | spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea | |
Member of | Spinacia, genus Spinacia | spinach |
Parts | spinach | dark green leaves |
Broader | vegetable | Any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower |
Spanish | espinaca, spinacia oleracea | |
Catalan | espinac, spinacia oleracea |
Meaning | dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads. | |
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Part of | spinach, spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea | Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves |
Broader | greens, green, leafy vegetable | Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables |
Spanish | espinaca | |
Catalan | espinac |
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