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beet

[ beet ]

noun

  1. any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root. Compare sugar beet.
  2. the edible root of such a plant.
  3. the leaves of such a plant, served as a salad or cooked vegetable.


beet

/ ː /

noun

  1. 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. the leaves of any of several varieties of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
  3. red beet
    the US name for beetroot
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beet1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bete, Old English ŧٱ, from Latin ŧٲ
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beet1

Old English ŧٱ , from Latin ŧٲ
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To avoid being imprisoned in a camp, the Nakai family fled to work on a sugar beet farm in Colorado, according to the Los Angeles Conservancy.

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“But I don’t plant root vegetables like carrots or beets, nothing could cause cross contamination of the soil or consuming soil directly.”

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In a beet red sweater adorned with a diagram of the uterus, she has already squeezed in a session at the gym and tended to her daughters, including the youngest, now 7 months old.

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Heavy metal levels are often particularly high in spices and nutritious root vegetables, such as sweet potatoes and beets.

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Neonicotinoids were banned in 2018 but sugar beet farmers have been given special permission to use them every year for the past four years to fight virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.

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