Spinach

Baby spinach leaves in bowl on rustic wooden table. Organic and healthy food.

Spinacia oleracea

Synonyms:
Palak
Spinach (Wiktionary)

English

Alternative forms

  • spinage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ(ʾisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ(espanâx).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈspɪnɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

spinach (countable and uncountable

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