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sugarbeet

sugarbeet is the alternative spelling of sugar beet.

Meaning of sugar beet

Noun

sugar beet (plural sugar beets)

  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
    Synonyms:
    Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Beta vulgaris rapacea var. altissima
  2. Darling; sweetheart
    • 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 of sugarbeet

pluralsugarbeets

Questions about sugarbeet

What is sugarbeet the alternative spelling of?
Sugarbeet is the alternative spelling of sugar beet.

Words near sugarbeet in the dictionary

  1. sugar-sweet
  2. sugarallie
  3. sugarally
  4. sugarbag
  5. sugarbags
  6. sugarbeet
  7. sugarbeets
  8. sugarberries
  9. sugarberry
  10. sugarbird
  11. sugarbirds

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