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by rzzzt 1865 days ago
Spinach is a fictional plant, it was described by Linné as sort of a joke but then everyone just went with it.

But seriously, you described three layers of misconceptions in this comment thread, how is anyone supposed to know "the real truth" about anything food related, if spinach alone is such a hard subject?

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> Spinach is a fictional plant, it was described by Linné as sort of a joke but then everyone just went with it.

Actually true for most vegetables we eat, they're all the same plant (Brassica oleracea).