beet

beet

a vegetable with a (usually) dark red bulbous root: My mother made pickled beets.

Not to be confused with:

beat – strike repeatedly; vanquish; sound a signal: beat a drum; a rhythmical unit of time: The metronome set the beat.

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beet

 (bēt)

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 bēte, from Latin bēta.]

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beet

(biːt)

n

1. (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. (Plants) the leaves of any of several varieties of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

3. (Plants) red beet the US name for beetroot

[Old English bēte, from Latin bēta]

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beet

(bit)

n.

1. any of various biennial plants of the genus Beta, of the goosefoot family, esp. B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root and dark-green red-veined leaves.

2. the edible root of such a plant.

[before 1000; Middle English bete, Old English bēte < Latin bēta]

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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

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Translations

بَنْجَر

červená řepacviklařepa

rødbede

RübeBeteRote BeeteRote Bete

παντζάρι

remolachabetabelbetarragabeterava

peet

punajuuripunajuurikasjuurikas

betteravebetteravierbette

ciklarepa

céklarépa

barbabietolabarbabietola rossabietabietolabarbabietola da zucchero

ビートルート

비트 뿌리

bietrode biet

rødbete

burak

beterraba

napsfeclă

свёкласвекла

cvikla

pesa

rödbeta

หัวบีตรูต

pancar

củ cải đường

甜菜根

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)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beet

→ بَنْجَر 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

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

beet

n. remolacha.

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