sugar beet

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sugar beet

noun sugar beets

  1. A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. It was heading a freight train, loaded mainly with sugar beet, en route from the country area of Angus to the beet factory at Cupar (Fife).

    Similar: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Beta vulgaris rapacea var. altissima

  2. Darling; sweetheart I just want to say I wouldn't be here without the support of a very special lady- my always outrageous fiancée, Selma. Take a bow, sugar beet.

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noun type of beet

Españolremolacha azucarera
한국어사탕무 satangmu
日本語甜菜 tensai, テンサイ tensai, 砂糖大根 satōdaikon, サトウダイコン satōdaikon
中文糖用甜菜 tángyòng tiáncài, 甜菜 tiáncài
Portuguêsbeterraba-sacarina
Françaisbetterave sucrière, betterave à sucre
DeutschZuckerrübe
Italianobarbabietola da zucchero
Ελληνικάζαχαρότευτλο zacharóteftlo
Românăsfeclă de zahăr
Русскийса́харная свёкла sáxarnaja svjókla
Tiếng Việtcủ cải đường
العربيةشَمَنْدَر اَلسُّكَّر šamandar as-sukkar

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@misc{sugar_beet_2026,
  title = {sugar beet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sugar%20beet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}