sugar beet

sugar beet

also sug·ar·beet (sho͝og′ər-bēt′)

n.

1. A variety of beet that is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its fleshy white roots, which are a chief commercial source of sugar.

2. One of these roots.

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sugar beet

n

(Plants) 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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sug′ar beet`

n.

a variety of the common beet, Beta vulgaris, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.

[1810–20]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sugar beet - form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
	2.	sugar beet - white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar beet, beetroot - round red root vegetable

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Translations

cukrová řepa

jurttisokerijuurikas

betteravier

cukorrépa

barbabietola da zuccherobarbabietola rossa

甜菜砂糖大根

suikerbiet

burak cukrowy

sockerbeta

sugar beet

n → barbabietola da zucchero

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