: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots
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In the nuclear winter scenario, cities would need to focus on sugar beets and spinach, while near-urban plots handle wheat and carrots.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 May 2025 Glyphosate is used widely as an integral part of raising crops including corn, soybeans and cotton genetically modified to resist its killer effect, and as a desiccant on potatoes, sugar beets, wheat and other crops just before harvest.—John Klar, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2025 For example, in North Dakota, the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative grows and processes sugar beets.—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Our ranking in specific crops: No. 1 in sugar beets, oats, wild rice and red kidney beans,
No. 2 in sweetcorn and green peas.—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sugar beet
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