Sekirov Dictionary

beetroot red

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

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A deep intense purplish red, often of a person's face when flushed with embarrassment.
- They fill your mouth with hot, spicy flavours or spiky textures, their leaves sometimes green, sometimes flushed with beetroot red. — 2001
A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162.

adjective1

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Of a deep intense purplish red.
- The roadside cafe is called Borscht, advertised with a gigantic beetroot red sign, leaving little doubt what people around here like to eat. — 2020

forms

beetroot reds · more beetroot red · most beetroot red

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