INDIAN BEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian beet mean? 

• INDIAN BEET (noun)
  The noun INDIAN BEET has 1 sense:

1. stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers

  Familiarity information: INDIAN BEET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN BEET (noun)

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Meaning:

Stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian beet; Lupinus perennis; old-maid's bonnet; sundial lupine; wild lupine

Hypernyms ("Indian beet" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Indian beet" is a member of...):

genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)