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sugar beet en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose.
   • It was heading a freight train, loaded mainly with sugar beet, en route from the country area of Angus to the beet factory at Cupar (Fife). 1953 February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Scottish Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 141:
2. Darling; sweetheart
   • “So is my sugar beet all tucked in?” “She is. Happily exhausted, too. Just like me.” 2016, Marianne Evans, Woodland Hearts:
   • I just want to say I wouldn't be here without the support of a very special lady- my always outrageous fiancée, Selma. Take a bow, sugar beet. 1996, Jack Barth, “A Fish Called Selma”, in The Simpsons, spoken by Troy McClure (Phil Hartman):

Forms

Relateds

sugar cane · sugarbush · sugar maple · beet sugar · sugar bush

Synonyms

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · Beta vulgaris rapacea var. altissima

Translations (54)

ar شَمَنْدَر اَلسُّكَّر (type of beet) · ro sfeclă de zahăr (type of beet) · ja 砂糖大根 (type of beet) · mk шеќерна репка (type of beet) · gl remolacha azucreira (type of beet) · sk cukrová repa (type of beet) · ca remolatxa sucrera (type of beet) · bg захарно цвекло (type of beet) · ko 사탕무 (type of beet) · el ζαχαρότευτλο (type of beet) · pt beterraba-sacarina (type of beet) · ja 甜菜 (type of beet) · eo sukerbeto (type of beet) · ary شمندر (type of beet) · cmn 甜菜 (type of beet) · da sukkerroe (type of beet) · nn sukkerroe (type of beet) · es remolacha azucarera (type of beet) · nn sukkerbete (type of beet) · sl sladkorna pesa (type of beet) · be цукро́вы бура́к (type of beet) · vo juegabetad (type of beet) · nl suikerbiet (type of beet) · nb sukkerbete (type of beet) · fo sukurrót (type of beet) · xal шикрин цуунг (type of beet) · nb sukkerroe (type of beet) · ja サトウダイコン (type of beet) · cmn 糖用甜菜 (type of beet) · sv sockerbeta (type of beet) · it barbabietola da zucchero (type of beet) · ru са́харная свёкла (type of beet) · hu cukorrépa (type of beet) · sh шећерна репа (type of beet) · hy շաքարի ճակնդեղ (type of beet) · fi sokerijuurikas (type of beet) · fr betterave à sucre (type of beet) · vi củ cải đường (type of beet) · is sykurrófa (type of beet) · zza dib (type of beet) · mn чихрийн манжин (type of beet) · fi jurtti (type of beet) · uk цукро́вий буря́к (type of beet) · cs cukrová řepa (type of beet) · de Zuckerrübe (type of beet) · tr şeker pancarı (type of beet) · tr kocabaş (type of beet) · sh šećerna repa (type of beet) · pl burak cukrowy (type of beet) · mn ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠢᠨ (type of beet) · ja テンサイ (type of beet) · ltg cukrabatviņs (type of beet) · fr betterave sucrière (type of beet) · mi pīti huka (type of beet)