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noun southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
noun dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
originFrom 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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