beet sugar

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noun

sugar from the roots of the sugar beet.Compare sugar (def. 1).

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Origin of beet sugar

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby beet sugar

beetleweed, Beeton, bee tree, beetroot, beetroot purple, beet sugar, beeves, Beeville, beezer, bef., befall

How to use beet sugar in a sentence

Best line of the evening: “Cane sugar hides behind beet sugar.”
Republican Debate: Newt’s Curiously Bloodless Performance||January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Walnuts, olives, oranges, beet-sugar and beans are the notable features of orchard and field in the region about San Buenaventura.
The Road of a Thousand Wonders|Passenger Dept. Southern Pacific Co
Its chief commercial varieties are cane sugar and beet sugar, both of which produce the same results in cookery operations.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Low wages will prevail, and this is necessary to enable the planters to compete with the beet sugar producers of Europe.
Due South or Cuba Past and Present|Maturin M. Ballou

The Cuban sugar, compared with beet-sugar, however, is said to yield of saccharine matter one quarter more in any given quantity.
Due South or Cuba Past and Present|Maturin M. Ballou
Is it not practicable to lay the foundation of half a dozen beet sugar mills in the country?
Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.No. 6. [New Series.], August 10, 1878|Various

British Dictionary definitions for beet sugar

beet sugar

noun

the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar

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