beet
Sign in to saveBeetroot or beet is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet, garden beet, or dinner beet, or else categorized by color as red beet or golden beet. Its leaves constitute a leaf vegetable called beet greens. It is native to the Azores, Western Europe to the Mediterranean and India. Beetroot can be eaten raw, roasted, steamed, or boiled. Beetroot can also be canned, either whole or cut up, and often are pickled, spiced, or served in a sweet-and-sour sauce.
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A beet is the edible root of a plant (Beta vulgaris) that can be eaten raw or cooked in various ways, and whose leaves are also eaten as a vegetable. Native to regions ranging from Western Europe to India, beets are a versatile food that can be prepared through multiple cooking methods or preserved by canning and pickling.
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- Cultivar.name
- Beetroot
- Cultivar.image
- Detroitdarkredbeets.png
- Cultivar.image_caption
- Beetroots on the stem
- Cultivar.species
- Beta vulgaris
- Cultivar.subspecies
- Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Cultivar.group
- Conditiva Group
- Cultivar.origin
- Sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima)
- Cultivar.subdivision
- Many; see text.
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- Etymology
- History
- Culinary use
- Australia and New Zealand
- Eastern Europe
- India
- North America
- Northern Europe
- Industrial production and other uses
- Nutrition
- Nitrate
- Pigment
- Cultivars
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Beetroot or beet is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet, garden beet, or dinner beet, or else categorized by color as red beet or golden beet. Its leaves constitute a leaf vegetable called beet greens. It is native to the Azores, Western Europe to the Mediterranean and India. Beetroot can be eaten raw, roasted, steamed, or boiled. Beetroot can also be canned, either whole or cut up, and often are pickled, spiced, or served in a sweet-and-sour sauce.
It is one of several cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris grown for their edible taproots or leaves, classified as belonging to the Conditiva Group. Other cultivars of the same subspecies include the sugar beet, the leaf vegetable known as spinach beet (Swiss chard), and the fodder crop mangelwurzel.