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Beet vs Boet - What's the difference?

beet | boet |

As nouns the difference between beet and boet

is that beet is bed (for plants) while boet is (south africa|informal) a brother, often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.

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

    boet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa, informal) A brother, often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
  • (South Africa, informal) As a familiar form of address: pal, mate.

    • References

    * OED Draft Entry December 2004 ----