Main Difference
The main difference between Kale and Spinach is that the Kale is a form of cabbage with green or purple leaves and Spinach is a species of plant
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Kale
Kale () or leaf cabbage is one of certain cultivars of cabbage (Brassica oleracea) grown for their edible leaves, although some are used as ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head (as with headed cabbage). Kales are considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most of the many domesticated forms of Brassica oleracea.
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Spinach
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae. Its leaves are a common edible vegetable consumed either fresh, or after storage using preservation techniques by canning, freezing, or dehydration. It may be eaten cooked or raw, and the taste differs considerably; the high oxalate content may be reduced by steaming.
It is an annual plant (rarely biennial), growing as tall as 30 cm (1 ft). Spinach may overwinter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular, and very variable in size: 2–30 cm (1–12 in) long and 1–15 cm (0.4–5.9 in) 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 (0.1–0.2 in) in diameter, and mature into a small, hard, dry, lumpy fruit cluster 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) across containing several seeds.
In 2016, world production of spinach was 26.7 million tonnes, with China alone accounting for 92% of the total.
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Kale (noun)
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
“borecole”
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Kale (noun)
Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
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Kale (noun)
Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
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Kale (noun)
Money.
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Spinach (noun)
A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
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Spinach (noun)
Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is.
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Spinach (noun)
Chinese spinach, red spinach (ver=161009)
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Spinach (noun)
Malabar spinach red vine spinach, creeping spinach, climbing spinach, vine spinach, buffalo spinach, Ceylon spinach (Basella alba)
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Spinach (noun)
(Atriplex hortensis)
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Spinach (noun)
(Brassica juncea)
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Spinach (noun)
New Zealand spinach (ver=161009, syn. ver=190221)
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221)
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221)
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221)
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Spinach (noun)
water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
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Spinach (noun)
, African spinach (various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species)
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Spinach (noun)
, perpetual spinach (Beta vulgaris: chard)
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=161009)
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Spinach (noun)
Lincolnshire spinach (ver=161009, syn. ver=161009: Good King Henry)
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Spinach (noun)
, mountain spinach (Atriplex spp., ver=190221)
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Spinach (noun)
(Rumex acetosa: common sorrel, garden sorrel)
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Spinach (noun)
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Spinach (noun)
: chaya
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Spinach (noun)
: magenta spreen, purple goosefoot, giant lambsquarters)
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Spinach (noun)
Plants with spinach-like leaves that are noxious in some way
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221)
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221 spp.), which is toxic
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221), which bears thorny seeds
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Spinach (noun)
Plants with spinach-like leaves that have medicinal use
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Spinach (noun)
(ver=190221)
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Kale (noun)
a hardy cabbage of a variety which produces erect stems with large leaves and no compact head.
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Kale (noun)
money.
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Spinach (noun)
an edible Asian plant of the goosefoot family, with large dark green leaves which are widely eaten as a vegetable.