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1. beets (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	chenopodiaceae, family chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family,
definition	:	includes spinach and beets (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	beet, beta vulgaris, common beet,
definition	:	biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop (noun.plant)