a plant with a root that is used as a vegetable, especially for feeding animals or making sugar 甜菜；糖萝卜 - (North American English) (British English beetroot)
a plant with a round dark red root that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable 甜菜；甜菜根 
Word OriginOld English bēte, of West Germanic origin, from Latin beta, perhaps of Celtic origin; related to Dutch beet and German Bete.