name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
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Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
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verb
To improve; to mend.
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Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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verb
To kindle a fire.
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Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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verb
To rouse.
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Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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noun
round red root vegetable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beetroot
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Broader terms: root vegetable
Narrower terms: sugar beet, mangel-wurzel
noun
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: common beet, Beta vulgaris
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Broader terms: vegetable
Narrower terms: beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra, chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla, mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris vulgaris, sugar beet
History
From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.
From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.
Across languages
118 source translations are retained for this English entry.