Spinach
noun
1.
a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
2.
the leaves.
noun
1.
a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves
2.
the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
spill the beans
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