Spinacia

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae.

Spinach may also refer to:

Botany

• Amaranthus dubius, known as red spinach or Chinese spinach
• Atriplex hortensis, known as mountain spinach or French spinach
• Basella alba, known as Malabar spinach, red vine spinach, creeping spinach or climbing spinach
• Chard (Beta vulgaris), also known as spinach beet, silverbeet or perpetual spinach
• Chenopodium bonus-henricus, also known as Lincolnshire spinach
• Cleome serrulata, known as Navajo spinach
• Ipomoea aquatica, known as water spinach, river spinach or Chinese spinach
• Morogo, or African spinach, referring to a group of at least three different dark green leafy vegetables
• Rumex acetosa, also known as spinach dock
• Tetragonia tetragonioides, known as New Zealand spinach or sea spinach

Other uses

• Spinach (moth) (Eulithis mellinata), a moth of the family Geometridae
• Spinach aptamer, a synthetic RNA aptamer designed as a mimic of green fluorescent protein
• Spinach (software), magnetic resonance simulation software

See also

• Chinese spinach (disambiguation)
• Wild spinach