different between garlic vs spinach

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• garlicke (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English garlik, garleek, garlek, garlec, from Old English g?rl?ac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from g?r (“spear”, in reference to the cloves) + l?ac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlek, garleke, garlik (“garlic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????l?k/
• (US) enPR: gär?l?k, IPA^(key): /????l?k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?k

Noun

garlic (countable and uncountable, plural garlics)

1. A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Derived terms

Related terms

• leek

Translations

Verb

garlic (third-person singular simple present garlics, present participle garlicking, simple past and past participle garlicked)

1. To flavour with garlic

Translations

See also

• alliaceous
• ramp, ramson

Further reading

• garlic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• garlic on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Middle English

Noun

garlic

1. Alternative form of garlek

English

Alternative forms

• spinage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic ???????????? (?isf?n??), from Persian ??????? (espanâx).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sp?n?t??/, /?sp?n?d??/

Noun

spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches)

1. A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
2. Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is.
   1. Chinese spinach, red spinach (Amaranthus dubius)
   2. Malabar spinach red vine spinach, creeping spinach, climbing spinach, vine spinach, buffalo spinach, Ceylon spinach (Basella alba)
   3. mountain spinach (Atriplex hortensis)
   4. mustard spinach (Brassica juncea)
   5. New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides, syn. Tetragonia expansa)
   6. Okinawan spinach (Gynura bicolor)
   7. Sissoo spinach (Alternanthea sissoo)
   8. strawberry spinach (Chenopodium capitatum)
   9. water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
   10. (South Africa) wild spinach, African spinach (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)
   11. spinach beet, perpetual spinach (Beta vulgaris: chard)
   12. Navajo spinach (Cleome serrulata)
   13. Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus, syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus: Good King Henry)
   14. French spinach, mountain spinach (Atriplex spp., Chenopodium rubrum)
   15. spinach dock (Rumex acetosa: common sorrel, garden sorrel)
   16. tree spinach:
       1. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius: chaya
       2. Chenopodium giganteum: magenta spreen, purple goosefoot, giant lambsquarters)
   17. Cuban spinach (Montia perfoliata)
3. Plants with spinach-like leaves that are noxious in some way
   1. Botany Bay spinach (Tetragonia spp.), which is toxic
   2. Cape spinach (Emex australis), which bears thorny seeds
   3. red spinach (Trianthema triquetra)
4. Plants with spinach-like leaves that have medicinal use
   1. cholesterol spinach, Mollucan spinach (Gynura nepalensis)

Translations

See also

• Popeye

Anagrams

• Chapins

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spinage, spynache, spynage, spinoch, spynoch, spinarge, spynarche

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic ???????????? (?isf?n??), from Persian ??????? (ispanâx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spinat?(?)/, /?spinad?(?)/, /?spinart?(?)/

Noun

spinach (plural spinoches)

1. spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Descendants

• English: spinach

References

• “spinache, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-24.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?i.nax/

Noun

spinach m

1. locative plural of spin

Noun

spinach f

1. locative plural of spina