noun
1. beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
• Syn: ↑chard, ↑Swiss chard, ↑leaf beet, ↑chard plant, ↑Beta vulgaris cicla
• Hypernyms: ↑beet, ↑common beet, ↑Beta vulgaris
• Part Meronyms: ↑chard, ↑Swiss chard, ↑leaf beet
2. long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
• Syn: ↑chard, ↑Swiss chard, ↑leaf beet
• Hypernyms: ↑greens, ↑green, ↑leafy vegetable
• Part Holonyms: ↑chard, ↑Swiss chard, ↑leaf beet, ↑chard plant, ↑Beta vulgaris cicla
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noun : a beet that constitutes a variety (Beta vulgaris cicla) of the common beet, is used as an ornamental and potherb, has much-developed leaves, and lacks a fleshy root — called also leaf beet
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spinach beet noun
A kind of beet used like spinach
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Main Entry: ↑spinach
Useful english dictionary. 2012.