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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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