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Definition of 'beet'

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beet

(biːt )

Word forms: plural beets

1. uncountable noun

Beet is a crop with a thick round root. It is often used to feed animals, especially cows.

...fields of sweet corn and beet.

2. See also sugar beet

3. variable noun [usually plural]

Beets are dark red roots that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often preserved in vinegar.

[US]regional note: in BRIT, use beetroot

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beet in British English

(biːt )

noun

1.

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

See also chard

2.

the leaves of any of several varieties of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

3. See red beet

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Word origin

Old English bēte, from Latin bēta

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beet in American English

(bit )

noun

1.

any of a genus (Beta) of plants of the goosefoot family, with edible leaves and a thick, fleshy, white or red root

2.

the root of any of these plants: some are eaten as a vegetable, some serve as a source of sugar, and some are used for fodder

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ME & OE bete < L beta

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The sugar car has been specially adapted to run on sugar beet instead of petrol. Sugar beet pulp before soaking.I just swept her a look of freezing scorn and she got as red as a beet and spelled it wrong after all.In Britain, government subsidies are supporting plans to turn sugar beet into alcohol.The increased growth has been discovered in a variety of flora, ranging from tropical rainforests to British sugar beet crops. Sugar beet is planted.Turning beet red, I thought my ministry had been destroyed in its second week.

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beet

British English: beet NOUN /biːt/

Beet is a crop with a thick round root.

American English: beet /ˈbit/
Brazilian Portuguese: beterraba
Chinese: 甜菜
European Spanish: remolacha
French: betterave
German: Rübe
Italian: barbabietola rossa
Japanese: ビート
Korean: 사탕무
European Portuguese: beterraba
Latin American Spanish: remolacha
Thai: ผักกาดแดง

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