Sentence examples for beet from high-quality English sources.

• A beet soup called borscht is popular in eastern Europe.

• Sugar beet growers say thousands of tonnes of sugar beet are lying unharvested because of waterlogged ground and recent freezing temperatures.

• (As the inventor of a corned beet sandwich — that is not a typo — and an inveterate maker of beet tartares and risottos, he qualifies as New York City’s beet maven.)

• Each sugar beet contains about 14 teaspoons of sugar in its root.

• …the sugar beet and the garden beet, or beetroot.

• Under his influence 40 beet-sugar factories were established in France.

• The sugar beet as a crop is much newer than either soybeans or sorghum.

• Nitrogen fertilizer increases the weight of beet roots but delays ripening.

Use beet in a sentence.

• The sugar beet, with its white root, is the most important commercial beet.

• Cultivars of Beta vulgaris are vegetable crops, including the sugar beet and the garden beet, or beetroot.

• Sugar beet, (Beta vulgaris), form of beet of the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), cultivated as a source of sugar.

• They are used mainly as livestock feed, as is the carbohydrate-rich beet pulp, which remains after the sugar has been extracted from the beet root.

• The beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) is the carrier of a viral disease known as “curly top” that curls sugar beet leaves and stunts plant growth.

• Napoleon made huge grants of land and money to establish the beet-sugar industry in France, and under his influence 40 factories to process beet sugar were established.

• That, he said, is the key to a good beet salad: Dress the beets warm, so the flavors are absorbed, and then dress them again when you serve them, to bring the beet-dressing combination to its peak.

• Sugar beet crops are typically rotated with corn (maize) or wheat every four to six years in order to lessen the damage caused by Rhizoctonia root rot or sugar beet nematodes (Heterodera schachtii).

beet sentence examples

• Also known as Swiss chard, leaf beet, spinach beet and seakale beet, this leafy green vegetable is related to the sugar beet, and has large, tough leaves that taste a little like spinach, but slightly sweeter.

• …used differently: (1) the common garden beet (also called beetroot or table beet) is cultivated as a garden vegetable; (2) Swiss chard (also called leaf beet or silver beet) is grown for its nutrient-rich leaves; (3) the sugar beet is commercially important as a major source of sugar; and (4)…

• Four distinct types of beets are cultivated for different purposes: the garden beet (beetroot or table beet) is grown as a garden vegetable; the sugar beet is a major source of sugar; the mangel-wurzel, or mangold, is a succulent feed for livestock; and the leaf beet, Swiss chard, is grown for its leaves, which may be eaten or used as a seasoning.

• Each of the four distinct types of B. vulgaris is used differently: (1) the common garden beet (also called beetroot or table beet) is cultivated as a garden vegetable; (2) Swiss chard (also called leaf beet or silver beet) is grown for its nutrient-rich leaves; (3) the sugar beet is commercially important as a major source of sugar; and (4) mangel-wurzel, or mangold, is a succulent feed for livestock.