beetroot — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

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

   Uso

   • Australia
   • India
   • New-Zealand
   • uso britânico
   • contável
   • incontável

   Sinônimos

   beetred beettable beet

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

   Uso

   • incontável
   • usually

Verbo

1. To turn a bright red or purple color.

   Uso

   • informal
   • intransitivo

   Exemplos

   Mais exemplos (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.

Substantivo

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

   Sinônimos

   Beta vulgaris rubra

   Termos mais gerais

   beetcommon beetBeta vulgaris

2. round red root vegetable

   Sinônimos

   beet

   Termos mais gerais

   root vegetable