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beet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beet has 2 senses
- beet(n = noun.plant) beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop; Array is a member of beta, genus beta
- beet(n = noun.food) beetroot - round red root vegetable; Array is a kind of root vegetable
has particulars: beetroot, beta vulgaris rubra, beta vulgaris cicla, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, swiss chard, beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold, mangold-wurzel, sugar beet
is a kind of vegetable
has particulars: sugar beet, mangel-wurzel
is a part of beetroot, beta vulgaris rubra
CIDE DICTIONARY
beet, n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.].
- A biennial plant of the genus
Beta , which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year. [1913 Webster] - The root of plants of the genus
Beta , different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar. [1913 Webster]" There are many varieties of the common beet (Beta vulgaris ). The Old “white beet”, cultivated for its edible leafstalks, is a distinct species (Beta Cicla )." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beet, n. any plant of the genus Beta with an edible root (see BEETROOT, sugar beet).
Etymology
OE bete f. L beta, perh. of Celt. orig.
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