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Added 10 October 2026

spinach

/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/ noun

In Latin: blitum, spinacia Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about spinach at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any member of species Spinacia oleracea of edible plants, or its leaves.
Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.
Thick rough.
That shot left me in the spinach!

Origin

From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).

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