beet
/biːt/noun
1- a herbaceous plant widely cultivated as a source of food for humans and livestock, and for processing into sugar. Some varieties are grown for their leaves and some for their swollen nutritious root.甜菜, 糖萝卜。
1.1
- Beta vulgaris, family Chenopodiaceae: several subspecies.拉丁名Beta vulgaris, 藜科：数个亚种。
词源
Old English bēte, of West Germanic origin， from Latin beta, perhaps of Celtic origin; related to Dutch beet and German Bete.