: a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (such as Swiss chard and sugar beet) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red roots
also
: its root used especially as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or for forage
Examples of beet in a Sentence
I've planted carrots, parsnips, and beets in the garden.
Recent Examples on the Web
Advertisement In this set of salad recipes, two are completely raw, two require use of the stove and one involves roasting beets in the oven.
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Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Every year the leaves of my beets are riddled with small holes.
—Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
While scarfing my crunchy bread salad, another colorful plate of vegetables appeared, this time, in pops of green and a pink-purple hybrid that can only be attributed to beets.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
The dish to order: An impossibly crispy pork schnitzel, topped with golden beets and smoked roe.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024
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Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Every year the leaves of my beets are riddled with small holes.
—Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
While scarfing my crunchy bread salad, another colorful plate of vegetables appeared, this time, in pops of green and a pink-purple hybrid that can only be attributed to beets.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
The dish to order: An impossibly crispy pork schnitzel, topped with golden beets and smoked roe.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024
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“Beet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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beet
noun
: a garden plant with thick long-stalked edible leaves and usually an enlarged purplish red root used as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or as food for livestock
also
: this root
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