[syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
spinach beet \spinach beet\ n.
1. a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable
for its edible leaves and stalks.
Syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard
plant, Beta vulgaris cicla.
[WordNet 1.5] 2. a plant with long succulent whitish
stalks with large green leaves.
Syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spinach beet
n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its
edible leaves and stalks [syn: chard, Swiss chard,
spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris
cicla]
2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn:
chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet]