spinach

Iron-rich salad green

Spinach is a leafy green vegetable with dark, slightly crinkled leaves, eaten raw in salads or cooked.

It's associated with health and strength—Popeye famously gulped it from a can.

I'll have the spinach salad.

In slang, spinach sometimes means money, from the color of U.S. currency.

cooking

sauté

Cook quickly in fat

wiltLose vigor, sag
blanchScald briefly, then cool
steamHeated water's gaseous form

creamed · raw · salad · smoothie · quiche · soufflé · dip · florentine · spanakopita · saag

leafy

kale

Loose-leafed cabbage relative

chardLeafy green, colorful stems
arugulaPeppery Mediterranean salad green
collardCabbage-family cooking green

bok choy · watercress · mustard greens · romaine · endive · mesclun · mizuna · dandelion greens · lettuce · sorrel

nutrition

iron

Element twenty-six

vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
mineralsInorganic natural solids
folateVitamin for DNA synthesis

vitamin K · vitamin A · vitamin C · calcium · magnesium · potassium · fiber · antioxidants · oxalates · lutein

color

green

Color of vegetation

verdantLush with plants
dark greenDeep leafy shade
vibrantFull of life, intensity

chlorophyll · emerald

slang

nonsense

Meaningless words or actions

rubbishWaste or nonsense
hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
baloneyFoolish talk, slang

bunk · poppycock · malarkey · drivel

garden

harvest

Gathering mature crops

cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
seedsPlant embryos in casings
plantingPlacing seeds in earth

rows · grow · beds · compost · soil · watering · hoe · plot · trowel · fertilizer

Categories

edible plantsvegetable, lettuce, carrot, cabbage, kale
foodsapple, beef, bananas, bacon, banana
plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
healthy foodsapple, banana, orange, carrot, broccoli
ingredientsflour, eggs, salt, pepper, sugar
produceapples, oranges, tomato, tomatoes, cucumber

Opposites

healthfulness perception

spinachjunk food

Low-nutrition processed snacks

candy · doughnuts · processed food · soda · fast food

child food preferences

spinachice cream

Churned frozen dairy dessert

candy · pizza · cookies · chocolate · cake

leafy green vegetable type

spinachlettuce

Leafy salad vegetable

iceberg lettuce · kale · arugula · cabbage · chard

Phrases

baby spinachYoung salad greens
spinach dipCreamed leafy greens for dipping
spinach saladDish of raw greens
spinach pieBaked greens in pastry
frozen spinachIce-preserved leafy vegetable
creamed spinachLeafy greens in sauce

Family

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G