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beet

noun
/biːt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from bēta
  2. inherited from bēte
  3. inherited from bete

Definitions

  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

    • The beet is a hardy species.

  2. A beetroot

    A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

    • In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.

  3. To improve

    To improve; to mend.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To kindle a fire.

    2. To rouse.

    3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

becurtovirus, beet armyworm, beetball, beetfly, beet greens, beet juice, beetloaf, beet radish, beet red, beet root, beetroot, beet sugar, beeturia, beet Wellington, beetworm, beety, Chioggia beet, field beet, Indian beet, lettucebeet, mangel beet, red as a beet, red beet, sea beet, silverbeet, sugar beet, sugarbeet, table beet, yellow beet

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at beet. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01beet02beetroot03pickled04preserved05preserve06sweet07sugars08sugar

A definitional loop anchored at beet. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at beet

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA