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Webster 1913 Edition

Beet

Beet

(bēt)
,
Noun.
[AS.
bete
, from L.
beta
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A biennial plant of the genus
Beta
, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
2.
The root of plants of the genus
Beta
, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.
☞ There are many varieties of the common beet (
Beta vulgaris
). The Old “white beet”, cultivated for its edible leafstalks, is a distinct species (
Beta Cicla
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Beet

BEET

,
Noun.
[L. beta.] A plant of the genus Beta. The species cultivated in gardens are the cicla and vulgaris,or white and red beet. There are many varieties; some with long taper roots, and others with flat roots, like turnips. The root furnishes a large portion of sugar, which has been recently manufactured in France on a great scale.

Definition 2024

Beet

Beet

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German

Noun

Beet n ‎(genitive Beetes or Beets, plural Beete)

  1. bed (for plants)

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References

  1. ↑ http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lemid=GB02236
  2. ↑ Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

Plautdietsch

Noun

Beet f ‎(plural Beete)

  1. beet

beet

beet

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English

A pile of beets.

Noun

beet ‎(countable and uncountable, plural beets)

  1. (countable) 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.
  2. (countable) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

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Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • IPA(key): /beːt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bete, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun

beet m ‎(plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

  1. bite

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Verb

beet

  1. singular past indicative of bijten

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Latin

Verb

beet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of beō

Norman

Alternative forms

  • baête (continental Normandy)
  • bête (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

Noun

beet f ‎(plural beets)

  1. (Sark) animal

Etymology

Originally the same as Bett. A late and arbitrary “invention” according to some;[1] tracing back to an Old High German consonant alternation according to others.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːt/
  • Homophone: bet

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