🇬🇧 Beetroot meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A beetroot (also called a beet) is a root vegetable that grows underground, usually round with a deep purple-red color, though some are golden or striped. It has leafy green tops that you can also eat! Beetroots have an earthy, slightly sweet taste and are often used in salads, soups, or even to make natural red food coloring.

The beetroot in my salad gave me a wink. I ate it anyway.

Grandpa used to say beetroot makes you strong—I used one as a dumbbell!

I tried to make beetroot lemonade. Now I have a very confused blender.

Dad tried to juggle beetroots—now the kitchen looks like a crime scene.

Beetroot juice can turn your pee pink! Don’t worry—it’s totally normal and even has a name: beeturia.

An old boy and his grandma dig in the garden. He pulls a round beetroot; dark red juice runs on his hands. Grandma laughs and wipes his face with a beetroot leaf. She cooks the beetroot for soup. The boy tastes the warm beetroot and smiles: he loves the sweet, red beetroot.

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