beet sugar

noun

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

beet sugar

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of beet sugar¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Best line of the evening: “Cane sugar hides behind beet sugar.”

From The Daily Beast

Walnuts, olives, oranges, beet-sugar and beans are the notable features of orchard and field in the region about San Buenaventura.

From Project Gutenberg

Its chief commercial varieties are cane sugar and beet sugar, both of which produce the same results in cookery operations.

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Low wages will prevail, and this is necessary to enable the planters to compete with the beet sugar producers of Europe.

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The Cuban sugar, compared with beet-sugar, however, is said to yield of saccharine matter one quarter more in any given quantity.

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Is it not practicable to lay the foundation of half a dozen beet sugar mills in the country?

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