Assertion: beet | /r/HasProperty | mentioned by theophrastus
Facets:
value: for its medicinal properties
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Although Theophrastus (third century BC) and Dioscorides (first century AD) did not mention the use of the wild forms, the beet was already mentioned by Theophrastus among the cultivated vegetables with fleshy roots and leaves (Teofrasto 1988) and by Dioscorides for its medicinal properties (Laguna 1555).