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Definition of Spinach plant
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 Spinach Plant
Literary usage of Spinach plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"As a spinach-plant it is of not less vain? than the preceding species. It is well
adapted for the format on of bowers even in arid places ; it also helps to ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"It has no pretensions to supersede, or even to be generally cultivated пч a
spinach plant ; but ¡и тегу poor soils, under trees, or iu other peculiar ..."
3. The Suburban Horticulturist, Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"It has been more or less in culture as a spinach plant since the beginning of
the present century ; but it is of inferior quality to the common spinach, ..."
4. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"It has been more or less in culture as a spinach plant since the beginning of
the present century; but it is of inferior quality to the common spinach, ..."
5. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"TV common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) has been cultivated from time immemorial as a
spinach plant, as well as used in salads. In Ireland the leaves are eaten ..."
6. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1822)
"... but lias lately been found to grow in the open garden as freely as the
kidney-bean or nasturtium, and has been used as a spinach plant. ..."
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