# taenia

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
2. A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
3. Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
4. Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

## Etymology
From Latin taenia, from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, tape”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/taenia