b 3 e 1 t 1 a 1 i 1 n 1 e 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets
originEtymology tree Latin bēta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English betaine From New Latin, from Latin bēta (“beet”) + -ine.
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