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GENUS BETA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Beets

Synonyms:

Beta; genus Beta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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