spinach beet
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈspɪnɪtʃ biːt/
- UK
- Many gardeners choose to grow spinach beet for its flavorful and nutritious leaves.
Examples
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Unlike regular beetroot, spinach beet does not develop a large, edible root.
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The spinach beet can be harvested multiple times throughout the growing season.
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I love adding spinach beet to my salads.
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Have you tried spinach beets in your smoothies?
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Many gardeners choose to grow spinach beet for its flavorful and nutritious leaves.
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I love adding spinach beet to my salads for extra greens.
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The spinach beet can be harvested multiple times throughout the growing season.
Synonyms
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4.8
A leafy vegetable with large green leaves and thick stems eaten cooked or raw
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3.0
A leafy green vegetable with large leaves and thick colorful stalks
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3.5
Young leaves of the beet plant that you can cook or eat in salads
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3.5
A vegetable with large green leaves and thick stalks that people grow for its edible stems and leaves
A leafy green vegetable with large edible leaves and thick stalks used like spinach
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
spinach + beet
The compound combines two concrete food nouns where the first noun ('spinach') specifies the use/quality of the second ('beet'), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it is a beet used like spinach (i.e., grown for edible leaves/stalks). This noun+noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The name spinach beet comes from joining spinach and beet: its leaves look and are used like spinach, but the plant is a beet. So the name tells you it is 'a beet grown for its edible leaves and stalks' rather than for a large root.