Rübe — meaning in English

English meaning

• beet noun A plant grown for its edible root, often deep red, or that root used as a vegetable.
• noggin noun A small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
• nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.

Senses

Rübe is used for these senses in English:

• beet Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
• beet (US, Canada) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
• noggin (slang) The head.
• nut (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.

noggin — full definition

1. noun A small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
2. noun A small amount of alcoholic spirits, about a quarter of a pint.
3. noun (biology) A protein that helps control how an embryo develops, causing larger heads when present in high amounts.

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