BEETROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beetroot mean? 

• BEETROOT (noun)
  The noun BEETROOT has 2 senses:

1. beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption

2. round red root vegetable

  Familiarity information: BEETROOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEETROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beetroot; Beta vulgaris rubra

Hypernyms ("beetroot" is a kind of...):

beet; Beta vulgaris; common beet (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)

Meronyms (parts of "beetroot"):

beet; beetroot (round red root vegetable)

beet green (young leaves of the beetroot)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Round red root vegetable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

beet; beetroot

Hypernyms ("beetroot" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beetroot"):

sugar beet (white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar)

mangel-wurzel (cultivated as feed for livestock)

Holonyms ("beetroot" is a part of...):

beetroot; Beta vulgaris rubra (beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption)

 Context examples 

Their characterisation of Rider revealed that the Rider family is also present and potentially active in other plants, including economically important crops such as rapeseed, beetroot and quinoa.

(Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops, University of Cambridge)