Definition of Spinacia oleracea

1. Noun. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.

Exact synonyms: Prickly-seeded Spinach, Spinach, Spinach Plant
Terms within: Spinach
Group relationships: Genus Spinacia, Spinacia
Generic synonyms: Vegetable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinacia Oleracea

Spielmeyer
Spielmeyer-Sjogren disease
Spielmeyer-Stock disease
Spielmeyer-Vogt disease
Spiers
Spiffy
Spigelius
Spigelius' line
Spigelius' lobe
Spike
Spike Lee
Spillane
Spilogale
Spilogale putorius
Spinacia
Spinacia oleracea
Spinelli operation
Spinone Italiano
Spinoni Italiani
Spinosism
Spinoza
Spinozan
Spinozism
Spinozist
Spinozistic
Spinozists
Spinus
Spinus pinus
Spinus tristis
Spiraea prunifolia

Literary usage of Spinacia oleracea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vegetable Substances Used for the Food of Man by Edwin Lankester (1832)
"Spinach—spinacia oleracea. SPINACH—spinacia oleracea.—The native country of the common spinach, and the time of its introduction into Britain, ..."

2. Vegetable Substances Used for the Food of Man by Edwin Lankester (1832)
"Spinach—spinacia oleracea. SPINACH—spinacia oleracea.—The native country of the common spinach, and the time of its introduction into Britain, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"SPINACH (spinacia oleracea, which see) is an annual crop grown as a pot-herb, or for "greens." Fig. 3659. It is a cool-season plant, and therefore it is ..."

4. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"spinacia oleracea, Limie. Siberia. The ordinary Spinach, an agreeable culinary annual of rapid growth. Can be grown in Norway to lat. ..."

5. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"The Para Cress. South-America. An annual herb of considerable pungency, used as a medicinal salad. spinacia oleracea, Unm. Siberia. ..."

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