Reddish-purple salad ingredient (4)

I believe the answer is:

beet

(Other definitions for beet that I've seen before include "Plant grown for sugar" , "Genus of plant with succulent root" , "Root used as a source of sugar" , "An edible root plant" , "Root vegetable producing sugar" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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