sugar beet

noun

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

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There are several types of refined sugar, including: Cane sugar: Cane sugar comes from sugar cane or sugar beets. Jillian Kubala, Health, 3 Mar. 2025 During the July and August, Fisher will hold classes that are designed around ingredients in season like honey, herbs, and sugar beets. Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024 To avoid being imprisoned in a camp, the Nakai family fled to work on a sugar beet farm in Colorado, according to the Los Angeles Conservancy. Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025 The sugar beet harvest period is very compressed, about three weeks. Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sugar beet

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 2 Apr. 2025.

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sugar beet

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