beetroot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
noun round red root vegetable

From beet + root.

H.O. turned an abrupt beetroot colour. — New Treasure Seekers; Or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune, E. (Edith) Nesbit
But it was too late in the year, and he would have to gnaw a raw beetroot which he might pick up in a field as he had done the day before. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
He was twice assisted by his amiable "mamma," to the bativina, i.e., soup made of roasted beef cut into small pieces, with boiled beetroot, spring onions, carraway-seeds, purée of sorrel, with chopped eggs and kvass. — Under the Red Dragon: A Novel, James Grant

Beta vulgaris rubra

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