Lexic.us

Definition of Beetroot

1. Noun. Beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption.

Definition of Beetroot

1. Noun. A normally deep red coloured cultivar of the beet. A root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beetroot

1. the root of the beet [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beetroot

Literary usage of Beetroot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1900)
"Wash the beetroot carefully without cutting or scraping it (if the skin ... Boiled beetroot when wanted for salad ought to be put into wine vinegar to soak. ..."

2. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1903)
"Wash the beetroot carefully without cutting or scraping it (if the skin ... Boiled beetroot when wanted for salad ought to be put into wine vinegar to soak. ..."

3. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"112) discusses the recovery of ammonia as a by-product in the manufacture of beetroot sugar. Various authors have worked on the occurrence or formation of ..."

4. Essays on the Floating-matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and by John Tyndall (1882)
"Infusions of Cucumber, beetroot, &c. The fungi having disappeared on the approach of winter, I turned to cucumber and beetroot, not expecting that their ..."

5. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"beetroot and Spanish onion make a capital winter salad ; so also beetroot and celery or beetroot and celeriac. Even to green salads, as the cabbage lettuce, ..."

6. The Carbohydrates and Alcohol by Samuel Rideal (1920)
"Brief History of the Foundation of the beetroot Sugar Manufacture.—The beetroot was not considered as having an industrial value, and was cultivated only ..."

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