BETA VULGARIS CICLA

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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