| slovo | definícia |
spinach
(encz) | spinach,špenát n: Zdeněk Brož |
Spinach
(gcide) | Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache,
espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all
fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of
Persian origin.] (Bot.)
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the
Goosefoot family.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia
expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
[1913 Webster] |
spinach
(wn) | spinach
n 1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its
succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach,
spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, {Spinacia
oleracea}]
2: dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
mountain spinach
(encz) | mountain spinach, n: |
prickly-seeded spinach
(encz) | prickly-seeded spinach, n: |
spinach
(encz) | spinach,špenát n: Zdeněk Brož |
spinach beet
(encz) | spinach beet, n: |
spinach blight
(encz) | spinach blight, n: |
spinach mustard
(encz) | spinach mustard, n: |
spinach plant
(encz) | spinach plant, n: |
wild spinach
(encz) | wild spinach, n: |
Gasterosteus spinachia
(gcide) | Sea adder \Sea" ad"der\ (Zool.)
(a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback ({Gasterosteus
spinachia}); -- called also bismore.
(b) The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).
[1913 Webster]Bismer \Bis"mer\, n.
1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
[1913 Webster] |
mountain spinach
(gcide) | Orach \Or"ach\, Orache \Or"ache\, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. Arrach.] (Bot.)
A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
family, most of them with a mealy surface.
[1913 Webster]
Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used
as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.
[1913 Webster]Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache,
espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all
fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of
Persian origin.] (Bot.)
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the
Goosefoot family.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia
expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
[1913 Webster]Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
[1913 Webster]
The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
[1913 Webster] |
Mountain spinach
(gcide) | Orach \Or"ach\, Orache \Or"ache\, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. Arrach.] (Bot.)
A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
family, most of them with a mealy surface.
[1913 Webster]
Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used
as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.
[1913 Webster]Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache,
espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all
fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of
Persian origin.] (Bot.)
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the
Goosefoot family.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia
expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
[1913 Webster]Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
[1913 Webster]
The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
[1913 Webster] |
New Zealand spinach
(gcide) | Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache,
espinoche, F. ['e]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all
fr. Ar. isf[=a]n[=a]j, isfin[=a]j, aspan[=a]kh, probably of
Persian origin.] (Bot.)
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the
Goosefoot family.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain spinach. See Garden orache, under Orache.
New Zealand spinach (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia
expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
[1913 Webster] |
spinach beet
(gcide) | spinach beet \spinach beet\ n.
1. a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable
for its edible leaves and stalks.
Syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard
plant, Beta vulgaris cicla.
[WordNet 1.5] 2. a plant with long succulent whitish
stalks with large green leaves.
Syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet.
[WordNet 1.5] |
spinach blight
(gcide) | spinach blight \spinach blight\ n.
a disease of spinach plants.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Zizyphus Spina-Christi
(gcide) | Christ's-thorn \Christ's-thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine,
especially the Paliurus aculeatus, {Zizyphus
Spina-Christi}, and Zizyphus vulgaris. The last bears the
fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the
most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
[1913 Webster] |
cuban spinach
(wn) | Cuban spinach
n 1: succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb;
grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North
America [syn: winter purslane, miner's lettuce, {Cuban
spinach}, Montia perfoliata] |
french spinach
(wn) | French spinach
n 1: common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States [syn:
red goosefoot, French spinach, Chenopodium rubrum] |
mountain spinach
(wn) | mountain spinach
n 1: Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb;
naturalized in Europe and North America [syn: {garden
orache}, mountain spinach, Atriplex hortensis] |
new zealand spinach
(wn) | New Zealand spinach
n 1: coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow
flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and
succulent leaves [syn: New Zealand spinach, {Tetragonia
tetragonioides}, Tetragonia expansa] |
prickly-seeded spinach
(wn) | prickly-seeded spinach
n 1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its
succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach,
spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, {Spinacia
oleracea}] |
spinach
(wn) | spinach
n 1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its
succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach,
spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, {Spinacia
oleracea}]
2: dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads |
spinach beet
(wn) | spinach beet
n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its
edible leaves and stalks [syn: chard, Swiss chard,
spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, {Beta vulgaris
cicla}]
2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn:
chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet] |
spinach blight
(wn) | spinach blight
n 1: a disease of spinach plants |
spinach mustard
(wn) | spinach mustard
n 1: Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and
edible foliage [syn: tendergreen, spinach mustard,
Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis] |
spinach plant
(wn) | spinach plant
n 1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its
succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach,
spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, {Spinacia
oleracea}] |
wild spinach
(wn) | wild spinach
n 1: European plant naturalized in North America; often
collected from the wild as a potherb [syn: {good-king-
henry}, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach, {Chenopodium
bonus-henricus}]
2: common weedy European plant introduced into North America;
often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed,
wild spinach, Chenopodium album]
3: leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute
for spinach
4: leaves collected from the wild [syn: lamb's-quarter,
pigweed, wild spinach] |
|