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leaf beet

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for chard

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Noun	1.	leaf beet - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks Beta vulgaris cicla, chard, chard plant, spinach beet, Swiss chard chard, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard - long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
	2.	leaf beet - long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves chard, spinach beet, Swiss chard greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables 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

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beet Beta vulgaris Beta vulgaris cicla chard chard plant common beet Green greens leafy vegetable spinach beet Swiss chard			And head gardener Roy Simkins said items also grown on the site include salsify, scorzonera, sprouts, calabrese, purple sprouting broccoli, kale and leaf beet. Vegetables with history by Birmingham Mail (England) Leaf beet refers to perpetual spinach and Swiss chard, both members of the beetroot family but grown for their leaves. Summer sown up by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk We also need to start rows of things such as beetroot, early turnips and leaf beet spinach sown into the ground. gardens: dig this by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			leading edge leading indicator leading lady leading light leading man Leading motive leading note leading off leading question leading rating leading rein leading reins Leading strings leading tone Leading wheel leading-edge leadless Leadman leadoff leadplant leadsman leadwort leadwort family Leady leaf leaf beet leaf beetle leaf blade leaf blight Leaf bridge leaf bud leaf bug leaf butterfly leaf cast Leaf crumpler leaf cutter leaf disease leaf fat Leaf flea leaf form Leaf frog leaf gap leaf green Leaf hopper leaf insect leaf lard leaf lettuce Leaf louse Leaf metal leaf miner leaf mold			leadsman LEADSTER Leadtree Leadtree Leadville Leadville Lake County Fire Rescue Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Leadville, Colorado leadwort leadwort leadwort leadwort leadwort family leadworts leadworts Leady Leæther Strip leaf leaf leaf leaf leaf leaf leaf and dart leaf and square Leaf Area Index Leaf area ratio Leaf arrangement Leaf arrangement Leaf arrangement leaf beet leaf beetle leaf beetle Leaf Beetles leaf blade leaf blight leaf blight leaf blotch Leaf bridge leaf bud leaf bud leaf bug leaf bug leaf butterfly leaf cast leaf cast Leaf Cell Membrane Thermostability LEAF Creation Method Leaf crumpler Leaf curl Leaf Curl Indonesia Virus Leaf Curl Plum Aphid leaf cushion leaf cutter Leaf cutter ant Leaf Cutting Bee Leaf Cutting Bee leaf disease Leaf Distribution Limited leaf drop Leaf eater

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