Beta vulgaris cicla vs beet

Beta vulgaris cicla and beet both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Beta vulgaris cicla	Yes	No	No	No
beet	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beet is a hypernym of Beta vulgaris cicla; that is, beet is a word with a broader meaning than Beta vulgaris cicla:

Beta vulgaris cicla: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
beet: biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

Other hypernyms of Beta vulgaris cicla include Beta vulgaris, common beet.

Beta vulgaris cicla (noun)	beet (noun)
beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks	round red root vegetable
	biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop