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GENUS BETA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Beta mean?
• GENUS BETA (noun)
The noun GENUS BETA has 1 sense:
1. beets
Familiarity information: GENUS BETA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Beta; genus Beta
Hypernyms ("genus Beta" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)
Meronyms (members of "genus Beta"):
beet; Beta vulgaris; common beet (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)
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