Definition of "beetroot" [beetroot]

• Chiefly British The edible root of the beet. (noun)

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• "Yes, while making a subzi of beetroot is common across Indian kitchens, I think the beet chop is a Bengali specialty."
• "My recipe using beetroot is a yummy snack called beet chops."
• "A man afflicted with a colour-blindness which leads him to turn out a portrait of me resplendent in beetroot hair and eyes of a vivid green cannot help himself."