Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beet

2 senses of beet

Sense 1
beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris -- (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)
       => vegetable -- (any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower)

Sense 2
beet, beetroot -- (round red root vegetable)
       => root vegetable -- (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)