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BETA VULGARIS CICLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
Synonyms:
Beta vulgaris cicla; chard; chard plant; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Beta vulgaris cicla" is a kind of...):
beet; Beta vulgaris; common beet (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)
Meronyms (parts of "Beta vulgaris cicla"):
chard; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard (long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves)
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