beetroot — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.

   Uso

   • Australia
   • India
   • New-Zealand
   • uso británico
   • contable
   • no contable

   Sinónimos

   beetred beettable beet

2. The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.

   Uso

   • no contable
   • usually

Verbo

1. To turn a bright red or purple color.

   Uso

   • informal
   • intransitivo

   Ejemplos

   Más ejemplos (1)

   He straightened up as a spring, beetrooted to the root of his pale hair, and answered wildly, "Ki-Ki-Kan!" I backed prudently towards the door, still keeping that indulgent but firm expression no one sees on the face of warders in lunatic asylums.

   Harmon's face beetrooted. He strode from the office, stared at the cell block, and swore with artistry.

Sustantivo

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

   Sinónimos

   Beta vulgaris rubra

   Términos más generales

   beetcommon beetBeta vulgaris

2. round red root vegetable

   Sinónimos

   beet

   Términos más generales

   root vegetable