Beet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A biennial Eurasian plant (Beta vulgaris) grown as a crop plant for its edible roots and leaves.
  • n. The swollen root of this plant eaten as a vegetable, typically having reddish flesh.
  • n. The sugar beet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
  • n. An individual plant (organism) of that species.
  • n. A swollen root of such a plant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
  • n. The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant of the genus Beta, natural order Chenopodiaceœ.
  • To make better; improve; alleviate or relieve (hunger, thirst, grief, the needs of a person, etc.).
  • To mend; repair; put to rights.
  • To make or kindle (a fire); hence, to fire or rouse.
  • To mend or replenish (a fire); add fuel to.
  • n. Same as beat.
  • n. Same as beat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. round red root vegetable
  • n. biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
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