Beet
[biːt] or [bit]
Definition
(noun.) round red root vegetable.
(noun.) biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop.
Editor: Segre--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Definition
v.t. (obs. except dial.) to improve mend to kindle a fire to rouse.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see them growing abundantly, harvest and peace will obtain in the land; eating them with others, is full of good tidings. If they are served in soiled or impure dishes, distressful awakenings will disturb you.
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Examples
- There was a venison pasty, of all things, a large broad-faced cut ham, eggs and cresses and red beet-root, and medlars and apple-tart, and tea. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sugar, whether it comes from the maple tree, or the sugar cane, or the beet, is dark colored. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And also much beets for sugar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Among these are kaffir corn, sorghum, alfalfa, clover, millet, cowpeas, soy-beans, sugar beets, oats and even weeds and thistles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Ludwig