RUTABAGA

rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip

(noun) the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica

(noun) a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)

(now, North America) the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica

(now, North America) the edible root of this plant

Synonyms

• swede, Swedish turnip

Source: Wiktionary


Ru`ta-ba"ga, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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