SPINACH

{ Spin″ach, Spin″age } (?), n. [[OF. espinache, espinoche, F. épinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isfānāj, isfināj, aspanākh, probably of Persian origin.]] (Bot.) 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. ☞ Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.