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beet·root

 (bēt′ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)
n. Chiefly British
The edible root of the beet.
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beetroot

(ˈbiːtˌruːt)
n
1. (Plants) a variety of the beet plant, Beta vulgaris, that has a bulbous dark red root that may be eaten as a vegetable, in salads, or pickled
2. (Plants) the root of this plant
US name: red beet
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.beetroot - beet having a massively swollen red rootbeetroot - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
beet, beetroot - round red root vegetable
beet green - young leaves of the beetroot
beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
2.beetroot - round red root vegetablebeetroot - round red root vegetable    
root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
sugar beet - white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar
mangel-wurzel - cultivated as feed for livestock
beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra - beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
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Translations
červená řepa
rødbede
punajuuripunajuurikas
cikla
ビートルート
비트 뿌리
pesa
rödbeta
หัวบีตรูต
củ cải đường

beetroot

[ˈbiːtruːt] N (Brit) → remolacha f, betabel m (Mex), betarraga f (Chile, Bol)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beetroot

[ˈbiːtruːt] n (British)betterave fbeet sugar nsucre m de betterave
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beetroot

[ˈbiːtˌruːt] n (Brit) → barbabietola
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beetroot

بَنْجَر červená řepa rødbede Rote Beete παντζάρι remolacha punajuuri betterave cikla barbabietola rossa ビートルート 비트 뿌리 rode biet rødbete burak (ćwikłowy) beterraba свекла rödbeta หัวบีตรูต pancar củ cải đường 甜菜根
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Elton was still talking, still engaged in some interesting detail; and Emma experienced some disappointment when she found that he was only giving his fair companion an account of the yesterday's party at his friend Cole's, and that she was come in herself for the Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, the beetroot, and all the dessert.
Noah!" he gasped, with a face of beetroot, while Lord John and I smiled in sympathy and Summerlee, like a dyspeptic goat, wagged his head in sardonic disagreement.
There were barns and peasants' cabins to destroy, and pits full of potatoes and beetroot; the army had been without vitual, and now it fairly ran riot, the first comers, as you might expect, making a clean sweep of everything.
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INGREDIENTS SERVES 2 85g watercress 1 large side hot-smoked trout, skin removed 1/2 a beetroot, peeled 25g fresh English wasabi Wasabi flowers to garnish 50ml creme freche Olive oil Balsamic vinegar DIRECTIONS Use a Japanese mandolin or sharp knife to thinly slice the beetroot.
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HE tipped the scales at more than 30st after gorging on fatty fast foods and more than 30 pints a week - but now Andy Truby has lost eight stones on a daily diet of beetroot!
INGREDIENTS 1 raw red beetroot, washed; mild vegetable oil, for rubbing and dressing the beetroot; 8-10 baby potatoes, scrubbed; 8-10 baby carrots, scrubbed; 2 eggs; about 4tsp beetroot juice; 250g creme fraiche; 1 small garlic clove, grated; 2 pinches of sea salt flakes, plus more to taste; 4 salted herring fillets in oil; small bunch of dill; good-quality unrefined sunflower oil, for drizzling; salt and freshly ground black pepper METHOD 1.
[USPRwire, Wed Feb 27 2019] The global raw beetroot sugar market is expected to register a steady growth attributed to considerable demand in the food and beverages, and cosmetic industry.
Bof vit Beetroot packs such a nutritional punch that Olympians are known to drink a glass beet juice before competitions.