beet
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugarBeta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
The beet is a hardy species.
Bete, Rübe, Rote Bete
свёклаsvjókla
буря́кburják
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
round red root vegetable
Examples
20 sentencesI don't like beets.
Я не люблю буряк. — deniko
ruЯ не люблю свеклу. — mrtaistoi
deIch mag keine Rote Bete. — mrtaistoi
Tom likes beets, but Mary doesn't.
Tom's face was as red as a beet.
Tom turned red as a beet.
ruТом покраснел как рак. — marafon
deTom wurde rot wie eine Tomate. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They say that beet juice can lower blood pressure.
Кажуть, що буряковий сік може знижувати кров'яний тиск. — ChickenKiev
ruГоворят, что свекольный сок может снизить кровяное давление. — odexed
deEs heißt, dass Rübensaft den Blutdruck senken kann. — Hans_Adler
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origiFrom Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.
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Forms
plural: beetsSynonyms
3 synonyms- round red root vegetable:beetroot
- biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop:common beetBeta vulgaris
Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable