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1. Beet
   (Beta) B. vulgaris is the botanical name for two varieties of vegetables. The Beet and Swiss Chard, also known as Leaf Beet or Spinach Beet. Both of these biennials are grown as annuals. The Beet belongs to a group of plants, which were selected from an ancient European species. This group includes ...
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2. beet
   [n] - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root 2. [n] - round red root vegetable
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3. beet
   A bundle or sheaf of tied flax crop or straw. Category: Various industries and crafts • a beet,Beta vulgaris,with an edible spherical dark red root Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • Centrifugal pump delivering water suspended beet to th...
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4. Beet
   Beet (bēt) noun [ Anglo-Saxon bete , from Latin beta .] 1. (Botany) A biennial plant of the genus Beta , which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year. 2. The root of plants of ...
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5. beet
   1. <botany> A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year. ... 2. 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. ... There are many varieti...
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6. beet
   beetroot noun round red root vegetable
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7. beet
   common beet noun biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
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8. Beet
   • (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. • (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
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9. beet
   cultivated form of the plant Beta vulgaris of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae), one of the most important vegetables. Four distinct types are ... [3 related articles]
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10. beet
    beet, biennial or annual root vegetable of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family). The beet (Beta vulgaris) has been cultivated since pre-Christian times. Among its numerous varieties are the red, or garden, beet, the sugar beet, Swiss chard, and several types of mangel-wurzel and other stock ...
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11. Beet
    Beet (Beta) is a genus of plants of the family Chenopodiaceae distinguished by its fruit being inclosed in a tough woody or spongy five-lobed enlarged calyx. Two species only are known in general cultivation, namely, the sea-beet Beta maritima) and the garden beet (Beta vulgaris). The former is a to...
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12. beet
    Any of several plants belonging to the goosefoot family, used as food crops. One variety of the common beet (Beta vulgaris) is used to produce sugar and another, the mangelwurzel, is grown as a cattle feed. The beetroot, or red beet (B. rubra), is a salad plant. (Genus Beta, family Chenopodia...
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13. Beet
    The `beet` (`Beta vulgaris`) is a plant in the accessdate=2010-09-12-->--> It is best known in its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is the purple root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet. However, other cultivated varieties include the leaf vegetables cha...
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