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Plant of the genus Beta, family
Chenapodiaceae, which includes the common
beet Beta vulgaris. One variety of Beta
vulgaris is used to produce sugar, and
another, the mangelwurzel, grown as cattle
fodder; the beetroot or red beet Beta rubra
is a salad plant. The family also includes
the Asian spinach Spinacia oleracea of which
the leaves are used as a vegetable; spinach
beet, used as a spinach substitute, is Beta
vulgaris cicle commonly known as goosefoot.