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

Salad at the Polo Lounge, complete with avocado, chicken, beets, bacon, chickpeas, cheddar, and balsamic dressing. —Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025

All dinners will include french fries or macaroni & cheese, cole slaw, three bean salad, beets, bread and butter and condiments. —Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025

Instead, the beet juice had spontaneously generated them. —Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025

It is made in the body and found in foods (e.g., beets, broccoli, spinach, and carrots). —Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 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