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beetroot [ˈbiːtˌruːt] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a variety of the beet plant, Beta vulgaris, that has a bulbous dark red root that may be eaten as a vegetable, in salads, or pickled 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the root of this plant US name red beet ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Elton was still talking, still engaged in some interesting detail; and Emma experienced some disappointment when she found that he was only giving his fair companion an account of the yesterday's party at his friend Cole's, and that she was come in herself for the Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, the beetroot, and all the dessert. he gasped, with a face of beetroot, while Lord John and I smiled in sympathy and Summerlee, like a dyspeptic goat, wagged his head in sardonic disagreement. |
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