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sugar beet

noun [C or U]
 
 

Definition

a plant from whose white root sugar can be producedGroups of crop plants and economic plants
(Definition of sugar beet noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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