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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
