beet

/bi:t/
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beet

A farmer pulls a fresh beet from the dark soil.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A plant with a swollen edible root: A biennial Eurasian plant (Beta vulgaris) widely cultivated for its edible root, which is typically dark red, though varieties can be white or yellow.
    • The edible root of this plant: A round or oblong root vegetable, often with dark red flesh, used as food, for producing sugar, or as animal fodder.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • We harvested beets from the garden to make a salad.
    • Sugar is often produced from a specific type of white beet.
    • The recipe calls for one large beet, peeled and grated.
Advanced Usage
  • "beet red": A deep, purplish-red color, like that of a common beetroot. Often used to describe someone's face flushed with embarrassment or exertion.
    • After running, his face was beet red.
Variants and Related Words
  • Beetroot (n): Primarily British English term for the dark red root of the beet plant, especially when cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
    • She added sliced beetroot to the sandwich.
  • Sugar beet (n): A variety of beet with a high sugar content in its root, cultivated commercially for sugar production.
  • Beet greens (n phrase): The edible leafy green tops of the beet plant.
Synonyms
  • Beetroot (especially in British English)
  • Red root (informal, context-specific)
Related Phrases
  • "Red as a beet": An idiom describing intense redness, typically in a person's face.
    • When they teased him, he turned red as a beet.
beet

A farmer pulls a fresh beet from the dark soil.

Noun
  1. round red root vegetable
  2. biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

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