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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar beet¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The company makes so much candy, between all of its brands, that it supports an army of smaller manufacturers around the United States: the companies that make the sucker sticks in North Carolina and New York, the Wisconsin company that makes Dum Dum wrappers, the midwestern companies that make the cardboard for the company’s boxes, the sugar beet growers up in Michigan.

From Salon

Neonicotinoid pesticides were banned in the UK in 2018 but have been approved four times in a row in emergencies to tackle a virus that attacks sugar beet.

From BBC

We found that in the 1830s, the Waterloo area became a sugar beet production hot spot.

From Science Magazine

Sugar beet farmers have the green light to use a banned pesticide deadly to bees following a forecast that a virus could sweep through their crops.

From BBC

But some sugar beet farmers say the pesticides are needed to protect against the disease known as virus yellows.

From BBC