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Definition of Sugar beet
1. Noun. Form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained.
2. Noun. White-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar.
Definition of Sugar beet
1. Noun. A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugar Beet
Literary usage of Sugar beet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"There are indirect benefits in sugar-beet growing that the farmer must take into
consideration, along with the direct, as follows: He learns that ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The Importance of Sodium for the sugar beet. First Report. ... who showed that
sodium could replace potassium to a considerable extent in the sugar beet, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"McMurtrie, Report on the culture of the sugar- beet and the manufacture of sugar
therefrom in France and the United States, United States Department of ..."
4. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"A. Mot and on Sen. res. directing committee to report rel. to properties and
value of French sugar beet and propriety of encouraging its culture in Ohio. ..."
5. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1909)
"You now see another sample of the Vilmorin beet, the violet sugar beet. ...
This picture shows the root system of a full grown sugar beet, which is taken ..."
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