beet /biːt/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: bete, from Latin beta]
1. (
also sugar beet) a vegetable that sugar is made from
2. American English a plant with a round dark red root that you cook and eat as a vegetable
Synonym : beetroot British English3. red as a beet American English informal having a red face, especially because you are embarrassed
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