genus Beta

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genus Beta - beets Betacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersChenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family - includes spinach and beetsbeet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop