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beetAny of several plants belonging to the goosefoot family, used as food crops. One variety of the common beet (Beta vulgaris) is used to produce sugar and another, the mangelwurzel, is grown as a cattle feed. The beetroot, or red beet (B. rubra), is a salad plant. (Genus Beta, family Chenopodiaceae.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Plant-based litters are made from materials such as corn, corncobs, cornhusks, wheat by-products, wheat grass and beet pulp. Most commercial pectin is extracted from citrus peels, but sugar beet pulp is an untapped source with great profit potential. Wet brewers grains, wet beet pulp, wet distillers grain, wet corn |
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