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beetroot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beetroot has 2 senses
- beetroot(n = noun.plant) beta vulgaris rubra - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption; Array has parts: beet, beetroot, beet green
- beetroot(n = noun.food) beet - round red root vegetable; Array is a kind of root vegetable
is a kind of beet, beta vulgaris, common beet
has particulars: sugar beet, mangel-wurzel
is a part of beetroot, beta vulgaris rubra
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beetroot, n. esp. Brit.
1 a beet, Beta vulgaris, with an edible spherical dark red root.
2 this root used as a vegetable.
1 a beet, Beta vulgaris, with an edible spherical dark red root.
2 this root used as a vegetable.
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