Beet

bēt, n. a plant with a carrot-shaped succulent root, eaten as food, from which sugar is extracted.— ns. Beet′-fly , a two-winged insect, which deposits its eggs on beet or mangel-wurzel, and whose larvæ are injurious to the plant; Beet′root , the root of the beet plant. [A.S. béte (Fr. bette )—L. bēta .]