What does ほうれん草 mean?
ほうれん草 is a Japanese noun meaning “spinach (Spinacia oleracea)” in English. It is written as ほうれん草 in kanji, ほうれんそう in hiragana, and hourensou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.