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beet¹

  • /biːt/

Sounds like beat · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

noun beets

  1. countable, uncountable Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. The beet is a hardy species.
  2. Canada, US, countable, uncountable A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable. In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.

beet²

  • /biːt/

Sounds like beat · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

verb bete

  1. dialectal, obsolete, transitive To improve; to mend.
  2. dialectal, obsolete, transitive To kindle a fire.
  3. dialectal, obsolete, transitive To rouse.

Beet³

proper noun Beets

  1. A surname.

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