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mangel-wurzel
[ mang-guhl-wur-zuhl ]
noun
- a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mangel-wurzel1
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Example Sentences
The name of the field beet is, in the language of the unlearned, mangel-wurzel, "the root of poverty."
The Red Beet, as well as the Mangel-wurzel, we owe to this humble seaside plant.
We had him from the work'us when he was seven, to chop mangel wurzel, and here he's been ever since, nigh twelve year.
The charred mangel-wurzel leaves are to be used in precisely the same way as tea.
But mix the potatoes with juice of mangel wurzel, and they make very good food for hogs of all ages.
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