(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.

(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.

plural of beetroot

present participle of beetroot

simple past tense and past participle of beetroot

A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162.

(simile) Bright red in colour; used of the human face when a person is embarrassed.

Resembling or characteristic of beetroot in colour, texture, etc. / Containing beetroot.