beet
noun/biːt/
/biːt/
[countable, uncountable]- a plant with a root that is used as a vegetable, especially for feeding animals or making sugar see also sugar beetTopics Farmingc2
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- (North American English) (British English beetroot)a plant with a round dark red root that is cooked and eaten as a vegetableTopics Foodc2
Word OriginOld English bēte, of West Germanic origin, from Latin beta, perhaps of Celtic origin; related to Dutch beet and German Bete.
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