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