silver beet

plural silver beets

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of silverbeet.

   George called for another fish, plus rice and a dish of silver beets.

   1990, Alan Sillitoe, chapter 5, in Last Loves, London: Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 79

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   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.

   1964, H[esba] F[ay] Brinsmead, chapter II, in Pastures of the Blue Crane, London: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13

   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.

   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