BETA VULGARIS CICLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Beta vulgaris cicla mean? 

• BETA VULGARIS CICLA (noun)
  The noun BETA VULGARIS CICLA has 1 sense:

1. beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks

  Familiarity information: BETA VULGARIS CICLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA VULGARIS CICLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Beta vulgaris cicla; chard; chard plant; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard

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)