Definition of beet

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Beet (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar..

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Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..
Goliath Beetle :: Goliath beetle () Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles..
Aphidophagous :: Aphidophagous (a.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae..
Bagasse :: Bagasse (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar..
Bug :: Bug (n.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle..
Sharded :: Sharded (a.) Having elytra, as a beetle..
Weevil :: Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th
Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.
Triungulus :: Triungulus (n.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.
Brachyptera :: Brachyptera (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
Mall :: Mall (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
Brachelytra :: Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A snap beetle.
Staphyloma :: Staphylinid (n.) Any rove beetle.
Rhynchophora :: Rhynchophora (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils..
Beet :: Beet (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year..
Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle..
Long-horned :: Long-horned (a.) Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain beetles (Longicornia)..
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