sugar beet

noun

: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots

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Illustration of sugar beet

Examples of sugar beet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With humor and heart The teens’ skills will be evaluated by John Thomas, a local agricultural extension educator who typically advises farmers on growing sugar beets, beans, and other crops. Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024 Cowboy Clean Fuels, a startup injecting sugar beet waste into coal seams, initially focused on the state because Wyoming has ample coal seams in its Powder River Basin. Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024 The family secured two homesteads in Queen Creek; the farm expanded to cover 1,000 acres growing cotton, watermelon, potatoes, Durham wheat, castor beans, corn and sugar beets. Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024 These studies were conducted using sugar beets, which are a different variety but the same species as garden beets. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for sugar beet 

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Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sugar beet was in 1817

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“Sugar beet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugar%20beet. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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sugar beet

noun
: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots
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