silverbeet

See also: silver beet and silver-beet

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Etymology

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

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Noun

silverbeet (countable and uncountable, plural silverbeets)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) The vegetable Beta vulgaris cicla; chard. [from 19th c.]
    • 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:
      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.
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