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Chaya
chaya
chaya
English
Noun
chaya (plural chayas)
Etymology 2
Spanish, from a Mayan language of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Noun
chaya (plural chayas)
- 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.