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Beet vs Utricle - What's the difference?

beet | utricle |

As nouns the difference between beet and utricle

is that beet is Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar while utricle is one of two otolith organs located in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule).

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

    utricle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of two otolith organs located in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule).
  • (anatomy) The prostatic utricle (a small indentation found in the male prostate).
  • (botany) A dry fruit similar to an achene, found in the beet and dock plants.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "utricle")