beetrootn.
/ˈbiːtruːt/, U.S. /ˈbitˌrut/ The root of the beet.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > beet or beetroot
beetc1000
red beet1541
white beet1542
beetroot1597
beet-raves1719
blood-beet1818
spinach beet1842
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 66 Strake a little salt on a Beete roote, and put it into the fundament.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iii. 75 Those who fancy slices of beet-root.
Compounds
attributive, as in beetroot sugar.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > beet-sugar
beet-sugar1833
beetroot sugar1834
1834 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. v. xi. 405 The beet-root sugar of France supplied one-third of the national consumption.
Derivatives
ˈbeetrooty adj. colloquial of the nature or appearance of beetroot.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [adjective] > of or resembling particular root vegetables
rabone1597
pastinaceous1657
peach-blowa1849
beetrooty1859
pomato1905
shorthorn1930
mooli1969
1859 All Year Round 17 Dec. 198 The smallest boy, with the whitest face, the most beetrooty nose..ever seen.
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