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   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 Sugar Beets, grown for sugar extraction and mangel-wurzels, grown for livestock feed. Garden Beets are mainly grown for their edible, swollen roots, which come in a wide range of shapes and colors inc...
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   beet
   [n] - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root 2. [n] - round red root vegetable
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   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 the beet washing plant Category: Physics • obtained by extraction from the root of the sug...
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   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 the genus Beta , different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar. » There are ma ...
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   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 varieties of the common beet (Beta vulgaris). The Old 'whit ...
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   beet
   beetroot noun round red root vegetable
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   beet
   common beet noun biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
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   Beet
   `Beta vulgaris`, commonly known as `beet` or `beetroot`, is a flowering plant species in the family Chenopodiaceae. Several cultivars are valued around the world as edible root vegetables, fodder (mangel) and sugar-producing sugar beet.
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   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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    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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    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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