Definitions for beet
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beet, common beet, Beta vulgarisnoun

   biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

2. beet, beetrootnoun

   round red root vegetable

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1. beetnoun

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

   The beet is a hardy species.

2. beetnoun

   An individual plant of that species.

   They sell beets by the pound in the supermarket. All I want is the roots. Can I cut off the roots and buy them alone?

3. beetnoun

   A swollen root of such a plant.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beetnoun

   The name of a plant.

   Etymology: beta, Lat.

   It hath a thick, fleshy root; the flowers have no visible leaves, but many stamina, or threads, collected into a globe; the cup of the flower is divided into five segments; the seeds are covered with an hard outer coat, and grow two or three together in a bunch. The species are;
   1. The common white beet.
   2. The common green beet.
   3. The common red beet.
   4. The turnep-rooted red beet.
   5. The great red beet.
   6. The yellow beet.
   7. The Swiss or Chard beet. The two first mentioned are preserved in gardens, for the use of their leaves in pot herbs. The other sorts are propagated for their roots, which are boiled as parsneps. The red beet is most commonly cultivated and used in garnishing dishes. The Swiss beet is by some much esteemed. Philip Miller.

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1. beet

   The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet. It is one of several cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris grown for their edible taproots and leaves (called beet greens); they have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group.Other cultivars of the same species include the sugar beet, the leaf vegetable known as chard or spinach beet, and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. Three subspecies are typically recognized.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beetnoun

   a biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year

2. Beetnoun

   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

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1. Beet

   Beta vulgaris is a plant in the Chenopodiaceae family which is now included in Amaranthaceae family. It has numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet. However, other cultivated varieties include the leaf vegetable chard, as well as the root vegetable sugar beet, which is important in the production of table sugar, and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. Three subspecies are typically recognised. All cultivated varieties fall into the subspecies Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, while Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, commonly known as the sea beet, is the wild ancestor of these, and is found throughout the Mediterranean, the Atlantic coast of Europe, the Near East, and India. A second wild subspecies, Beta vulgaris subsp. adanensis, occurs from Greece to Syria. The roots are most commonly deep red-purple in color, but come in a wide variety of other shades, including golden yellow and red-and-white striped. Beta vulgaris is a herbaceous biennial or, rarely, perennial plant with leafy stems growing to 1–2 m tall. The leaves are heart-shaped, 5–20 cm long on wild plants. The flowers are produced in dense spikes; each flower is very small, 3–5 mm diameter, green or tinged reddish, with five petals; they are wind pollinated. The fruit is a cluster of hard nutlets.

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1. Beet

   bēt, n. a plant with a carrot-shaped succulent root, eaten as food, from which sugar is extracted.—ns. Beet′-fly, a two-winged insect, which deposits its eggs on beet or mangel-wurzel, and whose larvæ are injurious to the plant; Beet′root, the root of the beet plant. [A.S. béte (Fr. bette)—L. bēta.]

2. Beet

   Bete, bēt, v.t. (obs. except dial.) to improve, mend, to kindle a fire, to rouse. [A.S. bóetan, bétan; cf. bót, Boot.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beet

   A type of cultivar, plant and seed created in various colors and species.

   Beet us primarily grown to produce a form of root vegetable we know as beet or beetroot.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 26, 2016  

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1. BEET

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of beet in a Sentence

1. Luther Markwart:

   This is simply a beet issue.

2. Eva Longoria:

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3. Franklin Becker:

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4. Eva Longoria:

   The sweetness of this bright purple beet puree balances the tomatoes’ acidity.

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