beet
[bi:t]
n. 甜(根)

[] 甜

[医] í, 甜(糖萝卜)

1. They planted many beets this year.
   今种许甜。
2. A beet soup served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.
   甜汤热食冷食甜汤，通常添酸油
3. A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
   蔬其食而种植植，甜根、菠者椰、花椰花蕾等

beet
[ noun ]

1. biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

<noun.plant>

2. round red root vegetable

<noun.food>

Beet \Beet\ (b[=e]t), n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.]
1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the genus {Beta}, which
produces an edible root the first year and seed the second
year.

2. The root of plants of the genus {Beta}, different species
and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding
stock, or in making sugar.

Note: There are many varieties of the common beet ({Beta
vulgaris}). The Old ``white beet'', cultivated for its
edible leafstalks, is a distinct species ({Beta
Cicla}).