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Food & Drink

How wide is a beetroot?

A typical beetroot is about 8 cm (3.15 in) wide.

What is measured: typical edible root, width

Beetroot (8 cm) drawn to scale beside a large coin (2.4 cm) and a smartphone (14.7 cm)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Large coin (2.4 cm), Beetroot (8 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

  • As wide as about 3 large coins side by side
  • About the length of a credit card
  • About 54% of the height of a smartphone
  • About 21% of the height of a bowling pin
  • About 11× the length of a grain of rice

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Facts about Beetroot

The familiar deep-red beetroot is a swollen storage root, although golden, white, and striped varieties also exist.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Beet”; Royal Horticultural Society, “Beetroot”

Food & Drink

NameSizeCompared with Beetroot
Lemon7 cm (2.76 in)0.88×
Tomato7 cm (2.76 in)0.88×
Kiwi fruit7 cm (2.76 in)0.88×
Peach7 cm (2.76 in)0.88×
Orange8 cm (3.15 in)same size
Potato8 cm (3.15 in)same size
Beetroot8 cm (3.15 in)this page
Onion8 cm (3.15 in)same size
Hamburger10 cm (3.94 in)1.3×
Avocado10 cm (3.94 in)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Beetroot or Hamburger?

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