单词 | roman beet |
释义 | > as lemmasRoman beet Roman beet n. now historical and rare beetroot, Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. xxxviii. 252 The great red Beete or Romaine Beete boiled and eaten with oile, vineger and pepper is a most excellent and delicate sallade: but what might be made of the red and beautifull roote. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 143 The great red Beete, or Romane Beete. 1788 tr. J.-B. Grosier Gen. Descr. China I. iv. v. 435 Its leaves [sc. of a Chinese pot-herb] give it some resemblance to the Roman beet; but it differs from it in its flower. 2006 A. P. Draycott Sugar Beet ii. 10/2 In Britain, red ‘Roman beets’ with thickened midribs were introduced in the sixteenth century. < as lemmas |
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