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DictionarybeetEdible-root plant
noun

beet

BEET/biːt/

A plant grown for its edible root or for making sugar.

The cut beet reveals its dark red flesh.

A whole beet with attached leafy stems beside a halved beet, its cut face prominently revealing dark red flesh.
Etymology
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Latin beta named the beet plant. The vegetable sense applies that plant name to its succulent edible root, rather than describing its dark-red color.

In context

Epic Gardening0:54
the normal beets that we're eating for that beet root
How to Grow Beets (From Seed To Harvest) 🌱

More examples

  • The field was planted with sugar beets.
  • He washed the beet’s leaves and root.
  • Red beet juice stained the board.

Forms

beet · beets

Similar words

turnip
A turnip is a different root vegetable, often white and purple; a beet belongs to a different plant group.
chard
Chard is closely related to beet but grown mainly for its leaves and stalks.