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sugar beet

noun

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


sugar beet

noun

  1. a variety of the plant Beta vulgaris that is cultivated for its white roots from which sugar is obtained Compare sugar cane
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar beet1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences

Goodman estimates that there are over a hundred different genetic modifications that have been approved by the regulatory bodies in the US in crops like rice, corn, soybeans, sugar beets, canola, and more.

The only training he had in crop breeding was a brief course in cultivating sugar beets at the Kiev Agricultural Institute.

Which is why sugar-free cannabis edibles have become a thing, from Olala’s infused sodas to ZootRocks candies sweetened with sugar beets and Stevia.

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In addition to living in a van, Bruder worked alongside her interview subjects, in workplaces from a sugar beet harvesting plant to an Amazon fulfillment center.

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The mix also included a byproduct from processing sugar beets.

As one weeder put it: "Poor man make no money, make plenty children—plenty children good for sugar-beet business."

He it was who in creating the sugar beet laid the foundation for one of the chief industries of our time.

It occurs in many plants especially in the sugar cane and sugar beet.

Bordering the sand-barrens is a belt of land that produces grain and the sugar-beet.

A considerable source of artificial potassic manures is the refuse manufacture of sugar-beet, such a large industry in Germany.

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