English Explanatory Dictionary

chaya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A teahouse in Japan.
noun
  1. A large, fast-growing leafy perennial Mexican shrub which is popular in Mexico and Central America as a leafy vegetable, cooked and eaten like spinach, from species Cnidoscolus aconitifolius or Cnidoscolus chayamansa.
noun
  1. One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to the personality.
name
  1. A female given name from Hebrew.

Word forms

chaya chayas chayah haya hayah

Etymology

From Japanese 茶屋 (chaya).

Synonyms

tree spinach

Related words

chaya root
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