单词 | blood-beet |
释义 | > as lemmasblood-beet blood-beet n. chiefly North American (now historical) the red beetroot. 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 1818 R. Alsop Universal Receipt Bk. (ed. 2) 52 Boil, till tender a large blood beet-root. 1879 Amer. Agriculturalist May 186/3 Red or Blood beets may also be sown in June, and furnish an excellent food for milch cows. 1909 G. J. Drews Unfired Food 289 The blood beets are preferable for their color, sweetness and tenderness. They are fine for marbling salads and colouring soups and drinks. 2008 T. Bishop Airs & Graces xl. 305 Francis ate a joint of lamb and a plate of buttered blood-beets. < as lemmas |
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