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beet noun1. [bi:t]
[Old English bete = Middle Low German bete (Low German beete, whence German Bete), Middle Dutch bete (Dutch beet), Old High German biea, from early West Germanic from Latin beta, perh. of Celtic origin.]
A plant, Beta vulgaris, of the goosefoot family, having a red or white succulent root; numerous varieties are cultivated as garden vegetables, as cattle food, and as a source of sugar. Also = BEETROOT noun.
seakale beet, silver beet, spinach beet, sugar beet, etc.
Comb.: BEETROOT noun; beet sugar sugar from beets.