NOUN | plant | beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra | beet having a massively swollen red root |
---|---|---|---|
food | beetroot, beet | round red root vegetable |
Meaning | beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption. | |
---|---|---|
Synonym | Beta vulgaris rubra | |
Parts | beet, beetroot | round red root vegetable |
beet green | young / young leaves of the beetroot | |
Broader | beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris | biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root |
Spanish | remolacha |
Meaning | round red root vegetable. | |
---|---|---|
Synonym | beet | |
Part of | beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra | beet having a massively swollen red root |
Narrower | mangel-wurzel | cultivated as feed for livestock |
sugar beet | white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar | |
Broader | root vegetable | Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers |
Spanish | betarraga, beterraga, remolacha | |
Catalan | bleda-rave, remolatxa |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact