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beet
beeta vegetable with a (usually) dark red bulbous root: My mother made pickled beets.
Not to be confused with:beat – strike repeatedly; vanquish; sound a signal: beat a drum; a rhythmical unit of time: The metronome set the beat.beet B0138200 (bēt)n.1. A biennial Eurasian plant (Beta vulgaris) grown as a crop plant for its edible roots and leaves.2. The swollen root of this plant eaten as a vegetable, typically having reddish flesh.3. The sugar beet.
[Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta.]beet (biːt) n1. (Plants) 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 chard2. (Plants) the leaves of any of several varieties of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable3. (Plants) red beet the US name for beetroot[Old English bēte, from Latin bēta]beet (bit)
n. 1. any of various biennial plants of the genus Beta, of the goosefoot family, esp. B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root and dark-green red-veined leaves. 2. the edible root of such a plant. [before 1000; Middle English bete, Old English bēte < Latin bēta] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food cropBeta vulgaris, common beetgenus Beta, Beta - beetsbeetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumptionBeta vulgaris cicla, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalksBeta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold, mangold-wurzel - beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feedsugar beet - form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtainedvegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower | | 2. |  beet - round red root vegetable beetrootroot vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tuberssugar beet - white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugarmangel-wurzel - cultivated as feed for livestockbeetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption |
Translationsbeet
red as a beetrootBlushing, usually from embarrassment. I was red as a beetroot when the teacher made me speak in front of the whole class. Oh, Mike definitely likes you—he turns red as a beetroot every time you're around!See also: beetroot, redgo beet redTo redden in the face (blush), typically due to embarrassment. She went beet red when her crush came up and talked to her. I went beet red when the teacher made me speak in front of the whole class.See also: beet, go, redblow beetsslang To vomit. I felt like I was going to blow beets from seasickness out on that boat.See also: beet, blowred as a beetroot BRITISH or red as a beet AMERICANIf someone is as red as a beetroot, their face is very red, usually because they are hot or embarrassed. After running around in the heat, Jonah's face was as red as a beetroot. He'd been out in the sun so long, he was as red as a beet. Note: You can also say that someone goes or turns red as a beetroot or red as a beet. He turned as red as beetroot when I told him. Meg trembled and went as red as a beet.See also: beetroot, redred as a beetroot (of a person) red-faced, typically through embarrassment.See also: beetroot, red(as) red as a ˈbeetroot (British English) (American English (as) red as a ˈbeet) (informal) with red cheeks, because you feel angry, embarrassed or hot: I could feel myself going red as a beetroot when she said that my work had been chosen for the prize. ♢ My face is always as red as a beet when I come out of the sauna.See also: beetroot, redblow beets tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. What was in that stew? I feel like I gotta blow beets. See also: beet, blowred as a beetFlushed from embarrassment, sunburn, physical effort, or some other cause. Although many of the similes involving red are very flattering, notably lips as red as a cherry or cheeks as red as an apple, being red as a beet is not: for example, “After six hours over a hot stove, Jane was red as a beet.” Neither is red as a lobster, as in “A day at the beach left Bill as red as a lobster.”See also: beet, redbeet
beet, biennial or annual root vegetable of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefootgoosefoot,
common name for the genus Chenopodium, as well as for the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, a family of widely distributed shrubs and herbs that includes the beet, spinach, and mangel-wurzel.
..... Click the link for more information. family). The beet (Beta vulgaris) has been cultivated since pre-Christian times. Among its numerous varieties are the red, or garden, beet, the sugar beet, Swiss chard, and several types of mangel-wurzel and other stock feeds. Both the roots and the foliage of the red beet are edible, as is the foliage of Swiss chard and similar varieties. The easily stored roots of the mangel-wurzel [Ger.,=beet root] are much used for fodder in Europe and Canada and to a lesser extent in the United States. The biennial beet is often used in crop rotation. The foliage of the sugar beet and several other varieties is also used as feed. The sugar beet, cultivated commercially throughout the temperate zone, to which it is well adapted, provides about one third of the world's commercial sugar production; virtually all the rest comes from sugarcanesugarcane,
tall tropical perennials (species of Saccharum, chiefly S. officinarum) of the family Poaceae (grass family), probably cultivated in their native Asia from prehistoric times.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the United States, sugar beets are grown extensively from Michigan to Idaho and in California, accounting for more than half of United States sugar production. Since the 18th cent. selective breeding has raised the root's sucrose content from 2% or 4% to 15% and even 20%. The extracted beet sucrose, dissolved in water, is refined and granulated, much like cane juice, to make sugar. Beets are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales, family Chenopodiaceae.  beet  beet  beet beetGood blood builder, rich in minerals, especially IRON*, great source of calcium, magnesium and selenium. Beet juice is rich in iron, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, sulphur, chlorine, iodine, copper, Vit A, B1, B2, B6, niacin. Juice has cancer-fighting properties, great for skin, gallbladder & liver. Juice or blend beet leaves for strong healing qualities.beet[bēt] (botany) Beta vulgaris. The red or garden beet, a cool-season biennial of the order Caryophyllales grown for its edible, enlarged fleshy root. beet1. 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 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 beetrootMedicalSeebeet sugarFinancialSeeBusiness Executive Enforcement TeamBEET
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Synonyms for beetnoun biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible rootSynonymsRelated Words- genus Beta
- Beta
- 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
- vegetable
noun round red root vegetableSynonymsRelated Words- root vegetable
- sugar beet
- mangel-wurzel
- beetroot
- Beta vulgaris rubra
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