beet

beet

noun \ˈbēt\

Definition of BEET

: a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (as Swiss chard and sugar beet) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red roots; also : its root used especially as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or for forage

Examples of BEET

1. I've planted carrots, parsnips, and beets in the garden.

Origin of BEET

Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin beta

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with BEET

beat, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat