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

Main dishes include the likes of barbecue roasted squab with foie gras sauce, and 45-day dry-aged dairy cow with golden beet jus and Korean bone broth. —Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

The menu, which changes daily to accommodate deliveries from more than 200 organic farms, listed beet arancini and harissa lamb chops, each dish preceded by the names of the farms that produced the ingredients. —Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025

Arrange beet slices and apple wedges next to romaine. —Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 16 June 2025

This member of the beet family has large, flat, crinkled green leaves with thick, fleshy stems and ribs. —Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 30 May 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