SPINACIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spinacia mean? 

• SPINACIA (noun)
  The noun SPINACIA has 1 sense:

1. spinach

  Familiarity information: SPINACIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINACIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spinach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Spinacia; Spinacia

Hypernyms ("Spinacia" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Spinacia"):

prickly-seeded spinach; spinach; spinach plant; Spinacia oleracea (southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves)

Holonyms ("Spinacia" is a member of...):

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)

 Context examples 

But these are actually red-leaf amaranths (Amaranthus spp.) or other plants such as Red Goosefoot (Blitum rubrum), not true spinach (Spinacia oleracea).

(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)