beta

bēta (1) ae, f

a beet (a vegetable), C., Ct.

beta
bēta, ae (bētis, is, Ser. Samm. 54, 9), f. [hence Fr. bette; Engl. beet], a vegetable , the beet : ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Beta
·add. ·noun The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, /. ·see B, and ·cf. etymology of Alphabet. ...

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