GENUS SPINACIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spinacia mean? 

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

1. spinach

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SPINACIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spinach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Spinacia; Spinacia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Spinacia"):

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

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

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