beetroot vs suffuse

beetroot

verb
  • To turn a bright red or purple colour. 

noun
  • A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet. 

  • The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared. 

suffuse

verb
  • To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. 

  • To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid. 

  • To pour underneath. 

adj
  • Suffused; diffuse. 

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