English noun: common beet | |||
1. | common beet (plant) biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop | ||
Synonyms | beet, Beta vulgaris | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vegetable | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beetroot, Beta vulgaris cicla, Beta vulgaris rubra, Beta vulgaris vulgaris, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, mangel-wurzel, mangold, mangold-wurzel, spinach beet, sugar beet, Swiss chard | ||
Member meronym | Beta, genus Beta | ||