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sugar beet
noun
- various cultivars of a beet, Beta vulgaris, of the amaranth family, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.
sugar beet
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of sugar beet1
First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences
As one weeder put it: "Poor man make no money, make plenty children—plenty children good for sugar-beet business."
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He it was who in creating the sugar beet laid the foundation for one of the chief industries of our time.
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It occurs in many plants especially in the sugar cane and sugar beet.
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Bordering the sand-barrens is a belt of land that produces grain and the sugar-beet.
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A considerable source of artificial potassic manures is the refuse manufacture of sugar-beet, such a large industry in Germany.
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