sugar beet root

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• sugar beet root aphid — noun : a root aphid (Pemphigus populivenae) that causes severe injury to sugar beet, beet, and mangel crops in the western United States …   Useful english dictionary

• sugar beet root maggot — noun : the larva of a fly (Tetanops myopaeformis) of the family Otitidae that infests the roots of sugar beets in the western United States and parts of Canada …   Useful english dictionary

• Sugar beet — Sugar Sug ar, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[ u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sugar beet — sugar beets N VAR Sugar beet is a crop with a large round root. It is grown for the sugar which can be obtained from this root …   English dictionary

• sugar beet — n. a variety or cultivar of the common beet (Beta vulgaris) having a root with white flesh and a high sugar content, grown commercially as a source of sugar …   English World dictionary

• Sugar beet — Taxobox name = Sugar beet image width = 270px image caption = Two sugar beets the one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis =… …   Wikipedia

• sugar beet — a beet, Beta vulgaris, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields. [1810 20] * * * Variety of beet (Beta vulgaris) that accounts for about two fifths of global sugar production, making it second only to sugarcane as a source of the… …   Universalium

• sugar beet — noun 1. form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained • Hypernyms: ↑beet, ↑common beet, ↑Beta vulgaris 2. white rooted beet grown as a source of sugar • Hypernyms: ↑beet, ↑beetroot * * * noun, pl ⋯ beets …   Useful english dictionary

• sugar beet — beet with a large white meaty root which is used to manufacture sugar …   English contemporary dictionary

• sugar beet — sug′ar beet n. pln a variety of the common beet, Beta vulgaris, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields • Etymology: 1810–20 …   From formal English to slang

• sugar beet — /ˈʃʊgə bit/ (say shooguh beet) noun a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris, with a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields …