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sea beet

British  

noun

  1. the wild form of Beta vulgaris See beet

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Finish the dish with a grating of preserved plum before serving immediately, garnished with sea beet leaves, if you like.

From The Guardian May 4, 2016

Section 4 shows the chromosome-wide distribution of genomic variants in four sugar beet accessions and sea beet compared to RefBeet.

From Nature Jan. 22, 2014

These regions may represent traces of breeding activities which aimed at introducing sea beet traits into sugar beet.

From Nature Jan. 22, 2014

The sea beet Beta maritima is fully interbreedable with sugar beet and commonly used as a valuable source of resistances against biotic or abiotic stress.

From Nature Jan. 22, 2014

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