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beet

beet \'be-t\ n [ME bete, fr. OE be-te, fr. OE be-te, fr. L beta] : a 
   biennial garden plant (genus Beta) of the goosefoot family with  thick 
   long-stalked edible leaves and swollen root used as a vegetable, a source 
   of sugar, or for forage; also : its root