Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop.
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It is also anemophilous, or is fertilised by the wind; and of such plants only the common beet had been tried.
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The Common Beet, sometimes termed the Red Beet, is a half-hardy biennial plant; and is cultivated for its large, succulent, sweet, and tender roots.