Beet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /biːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beet is a noun meaning Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
Meaning
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
More Meanings
- (US, Canada) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.
Example Sentences
The beet is a hardy species.
In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.
In the past several years, Moonbelly and Faria, two bakeries whose flaky croissants and elegant loaves rival those at Du Pain et des Idées in Paris, have opened, with rotating offerings of buckwheat coffee cake, roasted bok choy-milk bread buns and focaccia sandwiches stuffed with beet and feta sold under the moniker “girl dinner.”
Word Forms
- beets
Synonyms for beet
Depending on context, synonyms include beetroot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beetroot, chard, spinach, sugarbeet, sugar, fodder.
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