chaya noun3 •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. •A teahouse in Japan. •(Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to the personality. formschayas
