beet-root
(ˈbiːtruːt)
The root of the beet; also attrib., as in beetroot sugar. ˈbeetrooty a. colloq., of the nature or appearance of beet-root.
| 1579 Langham Gard. Health (1633) 66 Strake a little salt on a Beete roote, and put it into the fundament. 1834 H. Martineau Hist. Peace (1877) III. v. xi. 405 The beet-root sugar of France supplied one-third of the national consumption. 1842 Dickens Amer. Notes (1850) 109/1 Those who fancy slices of beet-root. 1859 All Y. Round No. 35. 198 The smallest boy, with the whitest face, the most beetrooty nose..ever seen. |