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てんさい 甜菜
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1. sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)​Usually written using kana alone
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2. Sugar beet​Beet sugar, a cultivated plant of Beta vulgaris, is a plant whose tuber contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production. Sugar beets and other B. vulgaris cultivars such as beetroot and chard share a common wild ancestor, the sea beet (Beta vulgaris maritima). In 2009, France, the United States, Germany, Russia and Turkey were the world's five largest sugar beet producers.
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