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LEAF BEET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
Synonyms:
chard; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("leaf beet" is a kind of...):
green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)
Holonyms ("leaf beet" is a part of...):
Beta vulgaris cicla; chard; chard plant; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard (beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks)
Sense 2
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 ("leaf beet" 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 "leaf beet"):
chard; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard (long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves)
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