beetrootnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈbiːt.ruːt/us/ˈbiːt.ruːt/UK US beetthe small, round, dark red root of a plant, eaten cooked as a vegetable, especially cold in salads
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Types of vegetable
- alfalfa
- allium
- artichoke
- arugula
- asparagus
- corn on the cob
- cos lettuce
- courgette
- cress
- cucumber
- mooli
- new potatoes
- okra
- onion
- pak choi
- shitake mushroom
- spinach
- spring greens
- spring onion
- spud
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Examples from literature
- All round the house there was a garden, crammed with flowers, and potatoes, and beetroots, and cabbages.
- Garnish with beetroot and parsley.
- Outside was an enclosed garden with cabbages, peas, beans, beetroots, onions, garlic, leeks, lettuce, watercress, hops, herbs, nut trees for oil, some flowers, and a fish pond and well.
- Slice the eggs and beetroot, and arrange alternate slices of egg and beetroot round the base of the potato snow.
- You can colour the sauce red by adding a little beetroot, and make the sauce hot by adding a little grated horse- radish.
Idiom(s)
go/turn beetroot (red)