Spinacia

noun

Spi·​na·​cia

spə̇ˈnāshēə

: a small genus of Asiatic annual herbs (family Chenopodiaceae) having dioecious flowers without bracts and a pistillate calyx that becomes indurated over the one-seeded perianth see spinach

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Italian spinace spinach (from Spanish espinaca) + New Latin -ia

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