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MANGELWURZEL
Etymology
Noun
mangelwurzel (plural mangelwurzels)
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
Synonyms
• (root vegetable): mangold, mangold wurzel, root of scarcity (archaic)
Coordinate terms
• beet
• chard
Anagrams
• mangle-wurzel
Source: Wiktionary
Man"gel-wur`zel, n. Etym: [G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.] (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet. [Written also mangold-wurzel.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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