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I believe the answer is:

beet

(Other definitions for beet that I've seen before include "Plant grown for sugar" , "Root vegetable producing sugar" , "An edible root plant" , "The mangelwurzel, for instance" , "Crop plant, sugar source" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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