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sea beet

sea beet noun: beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, the wild ancestor of the cultivated beets which occurs naturally on Atlantic and Mediterranean beaches and salt marshes from northern Europe to North Africa.

Noun

sea beet (plural sea beets)

  1. Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, the wild ancestor of the cultivated beets which occurs naturally on Atlantic and Mediterranean beaches and salt marshes from northern Europe to North Africa.

Forms of sea beet

pluralsea beets

Questions about sea beet

What does sea beet mean?
Sea beet means beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, the wild ancestor of the cultivated beets which occurs naturally on Atlantic and Mediterranean beaches and salt marshes from northern Europe to North Africa.
What part of speech is sea beet?
Sea beet is a noun.
What is the plural of sea beet?
The plural of sea beet is sea beets.

Words near sea beet in the dictionary

  1. sea bears
  2. sea beaver
  3. sea beavers
  4. sea bed
  5. sea beds
  6. sea beet
  7. sea beets
  8. sea bells
  9. sea belt
  10. sea belts
  11. sea bindweed

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