sugar beet

American  

noun

1. various cultivars of a beet, Beta vulgaris, of the amaranth family, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.

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sugar beet British  

noun

1. a variety of the plant Beta vulgaris that is cultivated for its white roots from which sugar is obtained Compare sugar cane

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Etymology

Origin of sugar beet

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Sugarbeet production is forecast at 12.1 million tons, the second-largest on record, with a record yield of 28 tons per acre, topping the record of 26.6 tons set in 2010.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2015

Luther Markwart, head of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association that represents country's 10,000 beet farmers, acknowledged that on this issue, unlike most, sugar beet farmers are going it alone.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2015

So Benedict, as a director of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, organized 1,600 farmers to put up $20 million in cash, borrow another $47 million and buy out the company.

From Time Magazine Archive