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–noun
a beet, Beta vulgaris, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.
Origin:
1810–20
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n.  A form of the common beet (Beta vulgaris) having fleshy white roots from which sugar is obtained.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sugar beet

variety of beet (Beta vulgaris, Saccharifera Alefeld variety), a biennial plant of the Chenopodiaceae family. It is cultivated for its juice, from which sugar is processed. This article treats the cultivation of the sugar beet plant. For information on the processing of beet sugar and the history of its use, see the article sugar.

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