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SPINACHES
Noun
spinaches
plural of spinach
Source: Wiktionary
SPINACH
Spin"ach, Spin"age, n. Etym: [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. Ă©pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isfanaj, isfinaj, aspanakh, probably of Persian origin.] (Bot.)
Definition: A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family. Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
– New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb (Tetragonia expansa), a poor substitute for spinach.
Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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