beet

beet  (bt)

n.

1. A biennial Eurasian plant (Beta vulgaris) grown as a crop plant for its edible roots and leaves.

2. The swollen root of this plant eaten as a vegetable, typically having reddish flesh.

3. The sugar beet.

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[Middle English bete, from Old English bte, from Latin bta.]

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beet [biːt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the leaves of any of several varieties of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)

red beet the US name for beetroot

[Old English bēte, from Latin bēta]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop Beta vulgaris, common beet genus Beta, Beta - beets beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption Beta vulgaris cicla, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold, mangold-wurzel - beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed sugar beet - form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained vegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
	2.	beet - round red root vegetable beetroot root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers sugar beet - white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar mangel-wurzel - cultivated as feed for livestock beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption

Translations

beet [biːt]

A. N

1. (= crop) → remolacha f forrajera

2. (US) = beetroot

B. CPD beet sugar N → azúcar m de remolacha

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beet [ˈbiːt]

n

(= vegetable) → betterave f beet sugar

(US) (also red beet) → betterave f (potagère)

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beet

n → Rübe f, → Bete f (form)

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beet:

beetroot

n → Rote Bete or Rübe

beet sugar

n → Rübenzucker m

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beet [biːt] n → barbabietola

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beet [biːt] n → barbabietola

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beet → بنجر červená řepa rødbede Rote Beete παντζάρι remolacha punajuuri betterave cikla barbabietola rossa ビートルート 비트 뿌리 rode biet rødbete burak (ćwikłowy) beterraba свекла rödbeta หัวบีตรูต pancar củ cải đường 甜菜根