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noun
1.
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the goosefoot family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root. Compare sugar beet.
2.
the edible root of such a plant.
3.
the leaves of such a plant, served as a salad or cooked vegetable.
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Example Sentences
- Place the beet in a medium pot, cover with water and bring to a boil.
- Morrissey went back to his home where they ate some of his favorite foods, including red beet salad and chocolate-chip cookies.
- Chop beets and eat alone or mix into a salad, maybe with cooked beet greens and oranges.
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World English Dictionary
| beet (biːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also chard any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Beta, esp the Eurasian species B. vulgaris, widely cultivated in such varieties as the sugar beet, mangelwurzel, beetroot, and spinach beet |
| 2. | the leaves of any of several varieties of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
| 3. | red beet the US name for beetroot |
| [Old English bēte, from Latin bēta] | |
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beet
O.E. bete "beet, beetroot," from L. beta, said to be of Celtic origin. Common in O.E., then lost till c.1400. Still usually spoken of in plural in U.S.
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