Beetroot vs. Beet

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Main Difference

The main difference between Beetroot and Beet is that the Beetroot is a taproot portion of the beet plant (no colour indication) and taproot portion of the beet plant.

  • Beetroot

    The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, sugar beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris grown for their edible taproots and leaves (called beet greens); they have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris ‘Conditiva’ Group.Besides being used as a food, beets have uses as a food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other Beta vulgaris varieties, particularly sugar beet.

  • Beet

    The beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, also table beet, garden beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several of the cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris grown for their edible taproots and their leaves (called beet greens). These varieties have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group.

    Other than as a food, beets have use as a food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other Beta vulgaris varieties, particularly sugar beet.

Wikipedia
  • Beetroot (noun)

    A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; lang=en.

  • Beetroot (noun)

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

  • Beetroot (verb)

    To turn a bright red or purple colour.

  • Beet (noun)

    Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

    “The beet is a hardy species.”

    “There are beets growing over these.”

  • Beet (noun)

    A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

Wiktionary
  • Beetroot (noun)

    the edible dark red spherical root of a kind of beet, eaten as a vegetable.

  • Beetroot (noun)

    the variety of beet which produces beetroots.

Oxford Dictionary

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