beetroot vs rubify

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. 

rubify

verb
  • to make red; to cause to redden 

  • to redden; to become red 

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