silver beet

See also: silver-beet and silverbeet

English

Noun

silver beet (countable and uncountable, plural silver beets)

  1. Alternative form of silverbeet.
    • 1964, H[esba] F[ay] Brinsmead, chapter II, in Pastures of the Blue Crane, London: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13:
      He rented a remarkably battered caravan on the property of a small-time market-gardener, and was even given a small piece of land where he was able to grow a dozen head of lettuce, a row of silver beet, and a pumpkin vine.
    • 1990, Alan Sillitoe, chapter 5, in Last Loves, London: Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 79:
      George called for another fish, plus rice and a dish of silver beets.
    • 2008, “Beets, Chards”, in Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World’s Food Plants, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, part 2 (A Directory of Edible Plants), “Vegetables” section, page 167:
      Swiss chards—silver beet and spinach beet—are sometimes considered inferior to spinach, their leaves being coarser and less delicate. […] Both the leaves and stems of silver beet can be used; in France, the leaves and stalks are never served together.
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