| 单词 | red beet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred beet red beet n. a form of root beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, grown for its dark red root, which is eaten esp. as a salad vegetable; = beetroot n.; cf. white beet n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1g(b)(ii). ΘΚΠ 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 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > beet beetc1000 red beet1541 spinach beet1842 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iv. ii. f. 76v The rootes of red beetes. 1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth ii. ii. 15 The blacke or redde Beete boyled with the pulse Lentiles, and the same receyued, stayeth a loose Bellie. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xviii. 225 If you would make choise of faire beets chuse rather the white then either the blacke or red. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 197 Beet-raves, or Beet-Radishes, that is, Red Beets, produce roots for Sallads. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 651 The Red Beet... The turnip-rooted is an early variety with the roots round. 1987 A. Nickon & E. F. Silversmith Org. Chem.: Name Game xv. 195 Red beets owe their pleasing hue to a group of red-violet betalains known as ‘betacyanins’. < as lemmas |
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