spinach
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spin·ach /ˈspɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ/ noun [uncountable] 
HBPDFa vegetable with large dark green leaves 菠菜
HBPDFa vegetable with large dark green leaves 菠菜Examples from the Corpus
spinach• Seeds you can start indoors now include lettuce and spinach.• Then there is the heirloom tomato salad with baby spinach, a little white balsamic vinegar and feta cheese.• Try tuna, sardines or anchovies, or chopped spinach with plenty of garlic and black pepper.• An evening meal began promisingly with a bruschetta topped with chopped spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, pesto and feta cheese.• Every other layer is spinach noodles, and the secret ingredient is the fifth cheese.• So expect to feel like Popeye on spinach.• Above: fillet of turbot on spinach with chive and spiced sauces.• She no longer linked the flight with her own act of disobedience over the spinach, ably abetted by Aunt Tossie.Origin spinach (1300-1400) Old French espinache, from Arabic isfanakh, from Persianspin·ach nounChineseSyllable
leaves Corpus large dark with vegetable green a
spinach
spin‧ach /ˈspɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ/
noun [uncountable]
a vegetable with large dark green leaves
spin‧ach /ˈspɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: espinache, from Arabic isfanakh, from Persian
Language: Old French
Origin: espinache, from Arabic isfanakh, from Persian
a vegetable with large dark green leaves