- beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
--1 is a kind of vegetable
--1 is a member of Beta, genus Beta
--1 has particulars:beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra; chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla; mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris vulgaris; sugar beet