beet, beetroot
(noun) round red root vegetable
beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra
(noun) beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beetroot (countable and uncountable, plural beetroots)
(UK, NZ, AU) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; synonym of beet.
(usually, uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
• red beet
• table beet
beetroot (third-person singular simple present beetroots, present participle beetrooting, simple past and past participle beetrooted)
(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.
• boot tree, boot-tree, boottree
Source: Wiktionary
1 May 2024
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
