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beetroot

DEFINITIONS OF: beetroot

1

n beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption

Synonyms:
Beta vulgaris rubra
Type of:
Beta vulgaris, beet, common beet
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

n round red root vegetable

Synonyms:
beet
Types:
sugar beet
white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar
mangel-wurzel
cultivated as feed for livestock
Type of:
root vegetable
any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
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