beet
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Etymology 1
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Noun
beet (plural beets)
- Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- The beet is a hardy species.
- There are beets growing over these.
- A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
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References
- beet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:beets on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Beta vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Beta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- beet at University of Melbourne "Sorting plant names"
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
beet
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Pronunciation
Noun
beet (plural bete)
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.
Noun
beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)
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Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Noun
beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)
- Alternative form of biet.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beet
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Finnish
Noun
beet
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) beet
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
beet f (plural beets)
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