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beet

beet [ beet ] (plural beets)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. plant with swollen root: a plant with a large swollen root. Use: as a vegetable, as animal feed, for sugar production. Genus Beta.

2. North America plants food 
Same as  beetroot (sense 1) (sense 2)


[ Old English bēte< Latin beta]

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