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The beetroot (British English) or beet (North American English) is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. [1] The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet , garden beet , dinner beet , or else categorized by color: red beet or golden beet .
Beetroot remains have been excavated in the Third dynasty Saqqara pyramid at Thebes, Egypt, and four charred beetroots were found in the Neolithic site of Aartswoud in the Netherlands though it has not been determined whether these were domesticated or wild forms of B. vulgaris. Zohary and Hopf note that beetroot is "linguistically well ...
Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables.They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, bulbs, and hypocotyls
Turnips, a taproot. Taproot (some types may incorporate substantial hypocotyl tissue) . Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha); Beta vulgaris (beet and mangelwurzel); Brassica spp. (kohlrabi, rutabaga and turnip)
The western wild beets later colonized the Macaronesian Islands during the Pleistocene, probably by adaptations of the diaspores for sea dispersal (thalassochory). On these islands, the diversification was quite recent, and seems to be complicated by events of hybridization and gene flow.
Sugar beet crops exhaust the soil rapidly. Crop rotation is recommended and necessary. Normally, beets are grown in the same ground every third year, peas, beans or grain being raised the other two years. [10] In most temperate climates, beets are planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn. At the northern end of its range, growing ...
Beet is a plant, the taproot portion of which is eaten as a vegetable, called beets or beetroot. Beet may also refer to: ... Beet River, in Indonesia; See also
This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts.