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beet.

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

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Meaning & usage

noun/biːt/
  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

    countable · uncountable
    The beet is a hardy species.
  2. A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

    Canada · US · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

verb/biːt/
  1. To improve; to mend.

    dialectal · obsolete · transitive
  2. To kindle a fire.

    dialectal · obsolete · transitive
  3. To rouse.

    dialectal · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

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