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beet | beeg |

As a noun beet

is Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

As an adjective beeg is

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beet

English

Noun

  • (singulare tantum, sometimes, definite) Beta vulgaris , a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
    • The beet is a hardy species.
  • (countable) An individual plant (organism) of that species.
    • They sell beets by the pound in the supermarket. All I want is the roots. Can I cut off the roots and buy them alone?
  • (countable) A swollen root of such a plant.

    • Derived terms

    * beetroot * beeturia * lettucebeet * mangel beet * red beet * silverbeet * sugar beet, sugarbeet

    See also

    * (wikipedia "beet") * (Beta vulgaris) * (commonslite) * chard * mangelwurzel * orach * spinach

    beeg

    English

    Adjective

  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Booth Tarkington, title=His Own People, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He is beeg' like his ' beeg country. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1914, author=Wells Hastings, title=The Best American Humorous Short Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Because," said Gideon, smiling down at her, "I ain' got no beeg club like she has." }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1998, date=August 28, author=Dan Savage, title=Savage Love, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=More recently, former MTV VJ Simon Rex was discovered to have made a handful of pornos prior to becoming a beeg music television star. }}