beet

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

Noun

  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
    • The beet is a hardy species.
  2. A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
    • In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary. - 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:
    • In the past several years, Moonbelly and Faria, two bakeries whose flaky croissants and elegant loaves rival those at Du Pain et des Idées in Paris, have opened, with rotating offerings of buckwheat coffee cake, roasted...

Origin

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

Forms

beets

Hyponyms

chard

Related

chard mangelwurzel orach spinach

Derived

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Verb

  1. To improve; to mend.
  2. To kindle a fire.
  3. To rouse.

Origin

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

Forms

bete