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Noun: sugar beet  shû-gur beet
  1. Form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained
     
  2. White-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar

Derived forms: sugar beets

Type of: beet, beetroot [Brit], Beta vulgaris, common beet

Encyclopedia: Sugar beet