Beet is a crop with a thick round root. It is often used to feed animals, especially cows.
...fields of sweet corn and beet.
2. See also sugar beet
3. variable noun [usually plural]
Beets are dark red roots that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often preserved in vinegar.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use beetroot
beet in British English
(biːt)
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
Word origin
Old English bēte, from Latin bēta
beet in American English
(bit)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Beta) of plants of the goosefoot family, with edible leaves and a thick, fleshy, white or red root
2.
the root of any of these plants: some are eaten as a vegetable, some serve as a source of sugar, and some are used for fodder