Lexic.us

Definition of Spinach beet

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

2. Noun. Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinach Beet

spina nasalis ossis frontalis spina nasalis posterior spina ossis sphenoidalis spina pedis spina peronealis spina scapulae spina suprameatica spina trochlearis spina tympanica major spina tympanica minor

spina ventosa spinacene spinaceous spinach spinach beet (current term) spinach blight spinach dip spinach mustard spinach plant spinach stools

spinaches spinachlike spinachy spinae spinae palatinae spinaeous spinage spinages spinal

Literary usage of Spinach beet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Profitable Culture of Vegetables for Market Gardeners, Small Holders by Thomas Smith (1913)
"spinach beet. Beta Cicla. THE Perpetual Spinach, or spinach beet, is grown for its leaves, of which it produces a continuous supply in the hottest summer, ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"Spinach, beet-chard, orache, and sorrel- Onion*, ... Spinach, beet-chard, sorrel. Onions, leeks, garlic, »iM.l.-ь. and и- ,111.1-,'. ..."

3. My Garden: Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"We have occasionally used in summer the spinach beet (fig. ... At the Trossachs Hotel, in Scotand, the gardener informed me that the spinach beet was ..."

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