kroot

Definitions of kroot
  1. noun
    round red root vegetable
    synonyms: beet, biet, bietekroot, bietenkroot
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    types:
    beetwortel, suikerbiet
    white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar
    koepeen, mangel, mangelwortel, voederbiet, voerbiet
    cultivated as feed for livestock
    type of:
    wortelgewas
    any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
  2. noun
    beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
    synonyms: bietekroot, bietenkroot
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    type of:
    beet, biet
    biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
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