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spinach/ˈspinidʒ, -itʃ/n. 1 a green garden vegetable, Spinacia oleracea, with succulent leaves 菠菜 2 the leaves of this plant used as food 菠菜叶 □ spinachy adj.[probably Middle Dutch spinaetse, spinag(i)e, via Old French espinage, espinache, medieval Latin spinac(h)ia etc., and Arabic 'isfɑˉnɑˉk from Persian ispɑˉnɑˉk: perhaps assimilated to Latin spina SPINE, with reference to its prickly seeds] |