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Definition of beet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beet

noun
beet pronunciation English biːt beet pronunciation American biːt
[countable, uncountable]
 
1 a plant with a root that is used as a vegetable, especially for feeding animals or making sugar see also sugar beet2 (North American English) (British English beetroot) a plant with a round dark red root that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable