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space_dementia ([personal profile] space_dementia) wrote2011-12-27 11:42 pm

SPINACH

i like fully had dinner today right and there was this weird green stuff that like wasn't cos and it like wasn't like that rocket thing or whatever and my mum was like haha it's spinach gurl and i was like kinda confused likeee can anyone help me out like COMMENT IF YOU KNOW WHAT SPINACH IS!! :DDD
niles: (niles: suspenders)

[personal profile] niles 2011-12-27 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
I believe spinach is a form of "greenery" also known as a "vegetable" also known as a "legume", and is apparently a good source of iron (though not actually that good, a rare steak is a far greater source of this mineral!(it is a mineral, right?))
that's my take on the situation, at any rate.
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[personal profile] sherlocking 2011-12-27 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spinach, it is: "Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2–30 cm long and 1–15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering stem. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellow-green, 3–4 mm diameter, maturing into a small, hard, dry, lumpy fruit cluster 5–10 mm across containing several seeds.
Common spinach, Spinacia oleracea, was long considered to be in the Chinopodiaceae family, but in 2003 the Chinopodiaceae family was combined with the Amaranthaceae family under the family name 'Amaranthaceae' in the order Caryophyllales. Within the Amaranthaceae family there are now a subfamily Amaranthoideae and a subfamily Chenopodioideae, for the amaranths and the chenopods, respectively."

I hope that answers your question.
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[personal profile] hornpile 2011-12-27 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
i know what spinach is.

p.s did you get a good schooling education or did you sort of fall off the rails halfway through that

because that's sort of the impression i'm getting from this post

LUV YA XXXX
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[personal profile] hornpile 2011-12-29 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
..................okay.