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Definition of Genus Beta
1. Noun. Beets.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus, Chenopodiaceae, Family Chenopodiaceae, Goosefoot Family
Member holonyms: Beet, Beta Vulgaris, Common Beet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Beta
Literary usage of Genus Beta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"CC: F200; F700 AB: Forty-one accessions of the genus Beta representing wild and
cultivated species of all sections were analyzed ..."
2. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"To the genus Beta belong wild sea-beet, and the cultivated garden and field beets.
2. Sea-Beet (Beta maritima L.) is a perennial plant common on muddy sea ..."
3. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"To the genus Beta belong wild sea-beet, and the cultivated garden and field beets.
2. Sea-Beet (Beta maritima L.) is a perennial plant common on muddy sea ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"genus Beta BETA (origin uncertain, but said to be from the Celtic, bett, red).
A genus of about nine species of herbs with fleshy roots, and almost entire ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"There are 4 or 5 species of the genus Beta, which are sometimes cultivated under
the name of Beet, but Beta vulgaris, Linn., is the only one of practical ..."
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