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beet

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beet/biːt/

▶noun a herbaceous plant cultivated as a source of food for humans and livestock, and for processing into sugar. [Beta vulgaris.]

– origin OE bēte, of W. Gmc origin, from L. beta, perh. of Celtic origin.

'beet' also found in these Oxford entries:

beetroot - chard - hydantoin - mangold - perpetual spinach - spinach beet - sucrose - sugar - sugar beet

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