beet
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
Example
“The beet is a hardy species.”
Other meanings
A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
Synonyms
- common beet
A kind of
- vegetable
Kinds of beet
- spinach beet
- sugar beet
Word history
From Latin "bēta".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “beet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.