: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots
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Examples of sugar beet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe county had sugar beet plants, a new plate glass factory, and salt wells.—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024 The letter informed him that a tree had fallen on his land, removing the cultivation potential of a few hundred square feet of sugar beet fields, and therefore his annual farming subsidy would be reduced by the equivalent of around $10.—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 8 June 2024 Producers of sugar beets, corn and soybeans in Idaho use the chemical and the seeds, Satterlee said, while wheat and barley farmers use Roundup.—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2024 The cocoa mass is then mixed with refined sugar, usually from sugar beets.—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for sugar beet
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