Definition of Beta vulgaris

1. Noun. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Beta Vulgaris

Bessie Smith
Bessy
Bessy cerca
Best
Best's carmine stain
Best's disease
Best and Greatest
Besòs
Beta
Beta Canis Majoris
Beta Centauri
Beta Crucis
Beta Lyrae
Beta Orionis
Beta tests
Beta vulgaris (current term)
Beta vulgaris cicla
Beta vulgaris rubra
Beta vulgaris vulgaris
Betamax
Betawi
Betelgeuse
Beth
Beth Din
Bethany
Bethe
Bethel
Bethesda
Bethesda-Ballerup Group
Bethesda system

Literary usage of Beta vulgaris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The roots of the common beet (Beta vulgaris L., ... Beet (Beta vulgaris). Cork layers of root in surface view. X 160. p FIG. 321. Beet. ..."

2. Sugar; a Popular Treatise by Allen Ray. Kahn (1921)
"IV Beta vulgaris ( The Sugar Beet) In the year 1747 the great German chemist Margraf, after analyzation of numerous plants, predicted that beet roots of the ..."

3. Monks' Cookbook by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1997)
"Vegetables BEETS, Beta vulgaris Sweet and heating, beets increase pitta. Their alkaline nature and iron content make them a blood-producing food. ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"(L>/on.) (See No. 2936, Inventory No. 7, for description of this plant. • 17968 to 17972. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet From Lyons, NY Received through the ..."

5. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"Beet-root, see Beta vulgaris. Beggiatoa alba, 232. In water containing decaying ... Nuts Fresh. , Beta vulgaris (Beet-root). Structure of root, 45. Boot. ..."

6. A Catalogue of Plants Cultivated in the Garden of John Gerard, in the Years by John Gerard, Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1876)
"Beta vulgaris, Z. var. " There is likewise another sort ... V Varieties of Beta vulgaris, ZB Romana Romane Beete. 252, D. - Betonica flore albo Betonie with ..."

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