Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - spinach
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Spinach
spinach
noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, alteration of Old French espinaces, from Medieval Latin ~ium, ultimately from Arabic isfanakh, from Persian Date: 15th century 1. an Asian herb (Spinacia oleracea) of the goosefoot family cultivated for its edible leaves which form in a dense basal rosette; also its leaves 2. a. something unwanted, pretentious, or spurious b. an untidy overgrowth • ~like adjective • ~y adjective
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n. 1 a green garden vegetable, Spinacia oleracea, with succulent leaves. 2 the leaves of this plant used as food. Phrases and idioms spinach beet a variety of beetroot cultivated for its edible leaves. Derivatives spinaceous adj. spinachy adj. Etymology: prob. MDu. spinaetse, spinag(i)e, f. OF espinage, espinache f. med.L spinac(h)ia etc. f. Arab. ' isfanak f. Pers. ispanak: perh. assim. to L spina SPINE, with ref. to its prickly seeds ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
(= spinage) шпинат (Spinacia) – French spinach – Indian spinach – New Zealand spinach – Philippine spinach – prickly-seeded spinach – round-leaved summer spinach – strawberry spinach – vine spinach – wild spinach ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. шпинат (Spinacia oleracea) 2. разг. дрянь, гадость (о еде) 3. враки, очковтирательство 4. вздор, ерундистика 5. заросли, чаща (о некошеной траве, растительности на лице и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
Spinach is a vegetable with large dark green leaves that you chop up and boil in water before eating. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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7.
- 13c., from O.Fr. espinache, from O.Prov. espinarc, from Catalan espinac, from Ar. isbanakh, from Pers. aspanakh "spinach." For pronunciation, see cabbage. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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