A beet is a root vegetable with a round shape and deep red or golden color, often eaten cooked or pickled. Sugar beets are a type of beet grown to make sugar.
“Beet” comes from Old English “bete,” borrowed from Latin “beta,” the Roman name for the plant. The word has stayed close to its ancient form for over a thousand years.
The bright red color of beets comes from special pigments that can even turn your urine or stool pink—something that surprises people the first time. That same intense color is why beet juice is sometimes used as a natural food dye.
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