Definition of French spinach

1. Noun. Common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States.

Exact synonyms: Chenopodium Rubrum, Red Goosefoot
Generic synonyms: Goosefoot

Lexicographical Neighbors of French Spinach

French partridge
French pastry
French people
French person
French polio
French polish
French pox
French press
French presses
French proof agar
French region
French roof
French rye
French scale
French sorrel
French spinach
French stick
French sticks
French teacher
French telephone
French ticklers
French toast
French ultramarine
French ultramarine blue
French vermouth
French weed
French window
French windows
French wire

Literary usage of French spinach

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

1. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"Orache, or french spinach, 1461. ... or french spinach, Atriplex hortensis L., ... quality to the common spinach, and even to the orache, or french spinach. ..."

2. The Suburban Horticulturist: Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"Orache, or french spinach. 1451. The orache, or french spinach, ... is of inferior quality to the common spinach, and even to the orache, or french spinach. ..."

3. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1842)
"Orach or french spinach. Subsect. 3. New Zealand Spinach. Subsect. 4. Perennial Spinach. Subsect. 5. The Spinach Beet, and the Chard Beet. Subsect. 6. ..."

4. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America: Containing Full Descriptions of by Fearing Burr (1874)
"french spinach. Mountain Spinach. Atriplex hortensis. Orach is a hardy, annual plant, with an erect, branching stem, varying in height from two to four feet ..."

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