1. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
   - common beet, Beta vulgaris 
2. [N. Amer] Round red root vegetable
   - beetroot [Brit] 
3. [N. Amer] Beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
   - beetroot [Brit], Beta vulgaris rubra

Sounds like: beat

Derived forms: beets

Type of: root vegetable, vegetable

Part of: Beta, genus Beta

Encyclopedia: Beet

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