noun
southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
• Syn: ↑spinach, ↑spinach plant, ↑Spinacia oleracea
• Hypernyms: ↑vegetable
• Member Holonyms: ↑Spinacia, ↑genus Spinacia
• Part Meronyms: ↑spinach
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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷-\ noun : spinach 1 — compare round-seeded spinach
Useful english dictionary. 2012.