mangel-wurzel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mangel-wurzel
1770–80; < German, variant of Mangoldwurzel ( Mangold beet + Wurzel root; cf. wort 2)
Example Sentences
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Children carry "punkies" - lanterns traditionally made from a large turnip known as a mangel-wurzel - and stop at key locations to sing the Punkie Song.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2014
This mixture is made up of equal proportions of dried cubes of potatoes, carrots, cassava, and mangel-wurzel.
From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.
He has his corn-plot, his plot for mangel-wurzel or hay, for potatoes, for hemp, etc.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
I am of a sensitive nature, and it cut me to the heart to see cold winds nipping the fruit and trees, the flood of rain beating down the corn, the oats, and the mangel-wurzel.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 by Various
Experiments on mangel-wurzel 568, 569 Table X. Experiments with different manures on permanent meadow-land, thirty-six years, 1856-91 570 Table XI.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
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