"blite" meaning in English

See blite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /blaɪt/ Audio: En-us-blite.oga Forms: blites [plural]
enPR: blīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Latin blitum. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|blitum}} Latin blitum Head templates: {{en-noun}} blite (plural blites)
  1. The plant Amaranthus blitum, purple amaranth. Translations (Amaranthus blitum): laskavec hrubozel (Czech)
    Sense id: en-blite-en-noun-PBEVPTA4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Amaranth subfamily plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 43 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 31 26 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 32 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Amaranth subfamily plants: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of 'Amaranthus blitum': 69 18 13
  2. Any of various plants in the genus Chenopodium. Translations (Chenopodium): merlík [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-blite-en-noun-V5NCGYWj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Goosefoot subfamily plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 43 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 31 26 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 32 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 17 48 35 Disambiguation of 'Chenopodium': 25 56 20
  3. Any of various plants in the genus Atriplex. Translations (Atriplex): lebeda [feminine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-blite-en-noun-PL5IGesW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 43 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 31 26 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 32 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of 'Atriplex': 23 23 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frost-blite, sea blite

Inflected forms

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