1. biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop; [syn: beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
common beet
n 1: biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible
root; widely cultivated as a food crop [syn: beet,
common beet, Beta vulgaris]