beet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
noun round red root vegetable

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

Beets often exceed twelve inches in circumference. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
The Mahatma ate CHAPATIS, boiled beets, some raw vegetables, and oranges. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
There were rows of green-leaved turnips, red-leaved beets, and feathery-leaved carrots. — John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein, Frank R. Stockton

common beet, Beta vulgaris

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