| slovo | definícia |
beet
(mass) | beet
- repa |
beet
(encz) | beet,červená řepa Zdeněk Brož |
beet
(encz) | beet,řepa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Beet
(gcide) | Beet \Beet\ (b[=e]t), n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.]
1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which
produces an edible root the first year and seed the second
year.
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2. The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species
and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding
stock, or in making sugar.
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Note: There are many varieties of the common beet ({Beta
vulgaris}). The Old "white beet", cultivated for its
edible leafstalks, is a distinct species ({Beta
Cicla}).
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beet
(wn) | beet
n 1: biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible
root; widely cultivated as a food crop [syn: beet,
common beet, Beta vulgaris]
2: round red root vegetable [syn: beet, beetroot] |
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bean beetle
(mass) | bean beetle
- lienka |
beetle
(mass) | beetle
- chrobák |
lady beetle
(mass) | lady beetle
- lienka |
ladybeetle
(mass) | ladybeetle
- lienka |
ladybird beetle
(mass) | ladybird beetle
- lienka |
may beetle
(mass) | may beetle
- chrúst |
maybeetle
(mass) | maybeetle
- chrúst |
bean beetle
(encz) | bean beetle,beruška n: slady |
beetle
(encz) | beetle,brouk n: |
beetles
(encz) | beetles,brouci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
beetroot
(encz) | beetroot,červená řepa n: Zdeněk Brož |
beets
(encz) | beets,řepy n: Zdeněk Brož |
blackbeetle
(encz) | blackbeetle,šváb n: Zdeněk Brož |
carabid beetle
(encz) | carabid beetle, n: |
carpet beetle
(encz) | carpet beetle, n: |
clerid beetle
(encz) | clerid beetle, n: |
click beetle
(encz) | click beetle, n: |
colorado beetle
(encz) | colorado beetle,mandelinka n: Zdeněk Brož |
common beet
(encz) | common beet, n: |
darkling beetle
(encz) | darkling beetle, n: |
darkling groung beetle
(encz) | darkling groung beetle, n: |
deathwatch beetle
(encz) | deathwatch beetle, n: |
dorbeetle
(encz) | dorbeetle, n: |
dung beetle
(encz) | dung beetle,druh brouka n: Zdeněk Broždung beetle,hovnivál Zdeněk Brož |
dung-beetle
(encz) | dung-beetle,druh brouka n: Zdeněk Broždung-beetle,hovnivál Zdeněk Brož |
elaterid beetle
(encz) | elaterid beetle, n: |
fire beetle
(encz) | fire beetle, n: |
flea beetle
(encz) | flea beetle, n: |
flour beetle
(encz) | flour beetle, n: |
green june beetle
(encz) | green June beetle, n: |
ground beetle
(encz) | ground beetle, n: |
japanese beetle
(encz) | Japanese beetle,malý zelený brouk Zdeněk Brož |
june beetle
(encz) | June beetle, |
lady beetle
(encz) | lady beetle,beruška n: slady |
ladybeetle
(encz) | ladybeetle,beruška n: slady |
ladybird beetle
(encz) | ladybird beetle,beruška n: slady |
lamellicorn beetle
(encz) | lamellicorn beetle, n: |
leaf beet
(encz) | leaf beet, n: |
leaf beetle
(encz) | leaf beetle, n: |
long-horned beetle
(encz) | long-horned beetle, n: |
longicorn beetle
(encz) | longicorn beetle, n: |
may beetle
(encz) | may beetle,chroust n: Zdeněk Brož |
maybeetle
(encz) | maybeetle,chroust n: Zdeněk Brož |
melolonthid beetle
(encz) | melolonthid beetle, n: |
oil beetle
(encz) | oil beetle, n: |
potato beetle
(encz) | potato beetle, n: |
rhinoceros beetle
(encz) | rhinoceros beetle, n: |
rose beetle
(encz) | rose beetle, n: |
rove beetle
(encz) | rove beetle, n: |
sacred beetle
(encz) | sacred beetle,skarabeus pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sawyer beetle
(encz) | sawyer beetle, n: |
scarabaeid beetle
(encz) | scarabaeid beetle, n: |
searcher beetle
(encz) | searcher beetle, n: |
seed beetle
(encz) | seed beetle, n: |
snapping beetle
(encz) | snapping beetle, n: |
snout beetle
(encz) | snout beetle, n: |
spinach beet
(encz) | spinach beet, n: |
spruce bark beetle
(encz) | spruce bark beetle, n: |
stag beetle
(encz) | stag beetle, n: |
stag-beetle
(encz) | stag-beetle,roháč n: [zoo.] Rostislav Svoboda |
sugar beet
(encz) | sugar beet,cukrová řepa Zdeněk Brožsugar beet,cukrovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sugar-beet
(encz) | sugar-beet,cukrová řepa Zdeněk Brož |
tiger beetle
(encz) | tiger beetle, n: |
van beethoven
(encz) | van Beethoven,van Beethoven [male] hudební skladatel Jiří Václavovič |
water beetle
(encz) | water beetle,potápník n: [zoo.] PetrV |
whirligig beetle
(encz) | whirligig beetle, n: |
van beethoven
(czen) | van Beethoven,van Beethoven[male] hudební skladatel Jiří Václavovič |
Ambrosia beetle
(gcide) | Ambrosia beetle \Ambrosia beetle\ (Zool.)
A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia[4].
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Asparagus beetle
(gcide) | Asparagus \As*par"a*gus\ ([a^]s*p[a^]r"[.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr.
Gr. 'aspa`ragos, 'asfa`ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap
or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag,
Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek
borrowed from the Persian. Cf. Sparrowgrass.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants belonging to the
natural order Liliace[ae], and having erect much
branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are
sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a
shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.
Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species
cultivated in gardens.
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2. The young and tender shoots of Asparagus officinalis,
which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
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Note: This word was formerly pronounced sparrowgrass; but
this pronunciation is now confined exclusively to
uneducated people.
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Asparagus beetle (Zool.), a small beetle ({Crioceris
asparagi}) injurious to asparagus.
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Bacon beetle
(gcide) | Bacon \Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of
bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.]
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the
flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
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Bacon beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon,
woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes.
To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from
harm or loss. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster] BaconDermestes \Der*mes"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma
skin + root of ? to eat.] (Zool.)
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larv[ae] of which feed
animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats,
skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is
Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.
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bacon beetle
(gcide) | Bacon \Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of
bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.]
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the
flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
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Bacon beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon,
woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes.
To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from
harm or loss. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster] BaconDermestes \Der*mes"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma
skin + root of ? to eat.] (Zool.)
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larv[ae] of which feed
animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats,
skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is
Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.
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Bark beetle
(gcide) | Bark beetle \Bark" bee`tle\ (Zool.)
A small beetle of many species (family Scolytid[ae]), which
in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees,
often doing great damage.
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Bee beetle
(gcide) | Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
(Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also bee blocks.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.
Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.
Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also propolis.
Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
(Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
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Beet
(gcide) | Beet \Beet\ (b[=e]t), n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.]
1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which
produces an edible root the first year and seed the second
year.
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2. The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species
and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding
stock, or in making sugar.
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Note: There are many varieties of the common beet ({Beta
vulgaris}). The Old "white beet", cultivated for its
edible leafstalks, is a distinct species ({Beta
Cicla}).
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Beet radish
(gcide) | Beet radish \Beet" rad`ish\
Same as Beetrave.
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Beete
(gcide) | Beete \Beete\, Bete \Bete\ (b[=e]t), v. t. [AS. b[=e]tan to
mend. See Better.]
1. To mend; to repair. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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