beetroot

UK/ˈbiːt.ɹuːt/US/ˈbit.ɹut/

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,100 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: beetroots

Beetroot is a deep red root vegetable that stains everything. Pickled beetroot, boil the beetroot, beetroot juice.

The colour comes from betalain pigments and passes straight through, which alarms people who did not expect it. Britain says beetroot where America says beets, and athletes drink the juice because the nitrate helps endurance.

Definitions of beetroot

1nounbeetrootA deep red root vegetable that stains everything.B1+
“Her hands were stained purple after she peeled the beetroot.”

beetroot is a vegetable.

Also accepted in games: beet

Where it comes from

Beet plus root, with beet from Old English bete, from Latin beta.

From beet + root.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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beetroot in the wild

The same name, however, is also used for a wide selection of sour-tasting soups without beetroots, such as sorrel-based green borscht, rye-based white borscht, and cabbage borscht.
Borscht
A variety of Ukrainian green borscht also includes beetroot.
Sorrel soup
Beeturia is the passing of red or pink urine after eating beetroots or foods colored with beetroot extract or beetroot betalain pigments.
Beeturia
Beetroot Tree refers to the beetroot red leaves of the new growth.
Elattostachys nervosa
The pickles are ordinarily made of locally grown produce such as beetroot, cucumber, green tomatoes (Romanian: gogonele), carrots, cabbage, bell peppers, watermelons, mushrooms, turnips, celery and cauliflower.
Murături

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