beet
Crimson salad vegetable
A beet is a root vegetable with dark red flesh, eaten cooked or pickled.
The leaves are also edible.
Beets stain dramatically—the deep crimson juice colors everything it touches.
She roasted beets for the salad.
Sugar beets are a pale variety grown commercially for sugar production.
To turn beet red is to blush deeply.
Beetroot-based Slavic soup
- pickledPreserved in acidic solution
- roastedCooked uncovered with heat
- saladCold dressed vegetables
- hummusMashed chickpea spread
chips · juice · kvass · carpaccio · latkes · horseradish · vinegar · goat cheese
Deep purplish-red shade
- rubyPrecious red gemstone
- magentaVivid purplish-red hue
- burgundyDeep purplish red
- maroonDark brownish-red hue
garnet · wine · claret · fuchsia · scarlet · purple · red · bloodred
Edible orange taproot
- turnipEdible white root crop
- radishPeppery edible root
- parsnipPale edible taproot
- rutabagaBrassica root vegetable
chard · kohlrabi · celeriac · horseradish · daikon · jicama · sweet potato · root vegetable
Main descending root
- bulbousSwollen and round
- greensLeafy edible plants
- topsUppermost parts or garments
- stemsPlant's main axes
rooted · anchored · underground · globe · cylindrical · golden · red · whole
Ground matter for planting
- loamFertile soil mixture
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
minerals · organic · aromatic · root cellar · dirt · underground · subterranean · petrichor
Glucose-fructose disaccharide
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
- roastedCooked uncovered with heat
Vitamin for DNA synthesis
- ironElement twenty-six
- magnesiumAlkaline earth metal
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- potassiumNineteenth element, symbol K
nitrates · antioxidants · betaine · manganese · choline · calcium · phosphorus · blood pressure
borscht
Beetroot-based Slavic soup
hummus · chips · juice · kvass · carpaccio · latkes · horseradish · vinegar · goat cheese · arugula
crimson
Deep purplish-red shade
maroon · garnet · wine · claret · fuchsia · scarlet · purple · red · bloodred · pigment
carrot
Edible orange taproot
rutabaga · chard · kohlrabi · celeriac · horseradish · daikon · jicama · sweet potato · root vegetable · garden
taproot
Main descending root
stems · rooted · anchored · underground · globe · cylindrical · golden · red · whole · trimmed
soil
Ground matter for planting
clay · minerals · organic · aromatic · root cellar · dirt · underground · subterranean · petrichor · musty
sucrose
Glucose-fructose disaccharide
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
roasted · natural sweetness · refined sugar · sugar production
folate
Vitamin for DNA synthesis
potassium · nitrates · antioxidants · betaine · manganese · choline · calcium · phosphorus · blood pressure · athletic performance
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- bountyReward for capture
produce · gathering · root vegetables · farmstand · seasonal · fall · garden · homegrown · picked · bushel
- edible plantsvegetable, lettuce, carrot, spinach, cabbage
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- long vowel wordslong a, long e, long i, long o, long u
- vegetablesbroccoli, carrots, carrot, potato, cucumber
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- garden vegetablescarrot, carrots, potato, potatoes, tomato
- beet greensEdible leaves from root vegetable
- as red as a beetrootExtremely flushed appearance
- beet redIntensely flushed complexion
- beet juiceLiquid from a root vegetable
- sugar beetsTubers grown for sucrose
- pickled beetsPreserved root vegetable in vinegar