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Definition of Spinacia oleracea
1. Noun. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.
Terms within: Spinach
Group relationships: Genus Spinacia, Spinacia
Generic synonyms: Vegetable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinacia Oleracea
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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