This meaning refers to plants in the species Beta vulgaris cultivated for their roots, leaves, sugar, or livestock feed.
Beet grows well in cool weather.
The farmer planted several rows of beet.
This food meaning refers especially to the red or purple root commonly called beetroot in British English.
She added roasted beet to the salad.
The soup gets its red color from beet.
This meaning refers to a pale-rooted beet variety containing a high concentration of sucrose.
The factory processes beet into refined sugar.
Farmers harvested the sugar beet in autumn.
This use refers to the leafy tops of beet plants, which can be eaten raw or cooked.
Young beet leaves can be cooked like spinach.
The market sells beet greens in bunches.
