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silverbeet

silverbeet noun: the vegetable Beta vulgaris cicla; chard.

Noun

silverbeet (countable and uncountable, plural silverbeets)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) The vegetable Beta vulgaris cicla; chard.
    • Not so useful in the salad bowl, silverbeet is great sauteed slowly in olive oil, or added to a parmesan-y frittata, or fried with anchovies, garlic and chilli and forked through hot spaghetti.2001 May 19, Robin Powell, “Lettuce begin”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 51,080, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 6 (Metropolitan), page 8, column 6

Forms of silverbeet

pluralsilverbeets
alternative formsilver beet
alternative formsilver-beet

Origin of silverbeet

From silver + beet (from the colour of the leaf stalks).

Questions about silverbeet

What does silverbeet mean?
Silverbeet means the vegetable Beta vulgaris cicla; chard.
What part of speech is silverbeet?
Silverbeet is a noun.
What is the plural of silverbeet?
The plural of silverbeet is silverbeets.

Words near silverbeet in the dictionary

  1. silverbacks
  2. silverballi
  3. silverballis
  4. silverbeater
  5. silverbeaters
  6. silverbeet
  7. silverbeets
  8. silverbell
  9. silverbellies
  10. silverbells
  11. silverbelly

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