beta vulgaris

Questions about beta vulgaris

What does beta vulgaris mean?

beta vulgaris means "biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop".

What is another word for beta vulgaris?

Close synonyms include beet, common beet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beta vulgaris a common word?

beta vulgaris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.