Definition

Noun: 1. A variety of beet (Beta vulgaris) cultivated primarily for the production of sugar: It is a plant with a large, conical, white root that contains a high concentration of sucrose. 2. The root of this plant used as a commercial source of sugar: The root itself is processed to extract and refine sugar.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Farmers in this region grow sugar beet as a major cash crop.
  • The factory processes thousands of tons of sugar beet every day during the harvest season.
  • Sugar from sugar beet is chemically identical to sugar from sugarcane.

Advanced Usage

• "Sugar beet pulp": The fibrous material remaining after the sugar is extracted from the beet root, often used as animal feed.
  • The dried sugar beet pulp is a nutritious component of cattle feed.
• "Sugar beet cultivation": Refers to the agricultural practice of growing this crop.
  • Sugar beet cultivation requires specific soil and climate conditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Beet (noun): The common name for , which includes varieties like sugar beet, garden beet (beetroot), and chard.
• Beet sugar (noun): The sucrose sugar produced from sugar beets.
  • This product contains beet sugar.

Synonyms

• Beet (in agricultural/industrial contexts)
• Beta vulgaris subsp. (scientific name for the cultivated beet group)

Related Terms

• Sugarcane (noun): A tall tropical grass () that is the other primary commercial source of sucrose sugar.
• Sucrose (noun): The type of sugar, a disaccharide, commonly extracted from both sugar beet and sugarcane.
• Refinery (noun): A factory where raw sugar is purified.

Noun

1. white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar
2. form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained