Beet vs Beget - What's the difference?
beet | beget |
(singulare tantum, sometimes, definite) Beta vulgaris , a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
(countable) An individual plant (organism) of that species.
(countable) A swollen root of such a plant.
To cause; to produce.
To father (rarely: to mother); to sire; to produce (a child).
To happen to; befall.
As a noun beet
is bed (for plants).As a verb beget is
to cause; to produce.beet
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Noun
- The beet is a hardy 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?
Derived terms
* beetroot * beeturia * lettucebeet * mangel beet * red beet * silverbeet * sugar beet, sugarbeetSee also
* (wikipedia "beet") * (Beta vulgaris) * (commonslite) * chard * mangelwurzel * orach * spinachbeget
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Quotations
* , Genesis 5:3 *: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: * {{quote-web, date=2012-02-01 , author=Kathy Gilbert, title=Pitching In, site=Chatter Chattanoogacitation, passage=Rugby football was created in the early 1800s at England’s all-boys Rugby School. The sport begat American football, Gaelic football, Australian rules football and Association football (aka soccer).}}
