beet

noun

ˈbēt 

: a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the amaranth family that includes several cultivars (such 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 in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Components include a Healthy Aging Antioxidant Blend of tart cherry, broccoli, beet root and cranberry, as well as the Nourishing Omega Blend of salmon, whitefish and flaxseed. —Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Dec. 2025

Dietary fiber in both carrots and beets may enhance digestion and help with blood sugar regulation. —Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Dec. 2025

For early summer, there are beets with brown butter and poppy seeds, to dye gemelli a vibrant magenta; as fall approaches, green lentil ragù with roasted cherry tomatoes, to get caught in the crooks of cascatelli. —Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025

Drinking beet juice may help lower your blood pressure and decrease inflammation. —Lindsey Desoto, Health, 18 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing beet

• beet armyworm
• beet leafhopper
• beet red
• red as a beet
• sugar beet

Rhymes for beet

• beat
• bleat
• cheat
• cleat
• creat
• deet
• eat
• feat
• feet
• fleet
• greet
• heat

Kids Definition

beet

noun

ˈbēt 

: a garden plant with thick long-stalked edible leaves and usually an enlarged purplish red root used as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or as food for livestock

also : this root