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mangel-wurzel

[ mang-guh l-wur-zuh l ]

/ ˈmæŋ gəlˈwɜr zəl /

noun Chiefly British.

a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.

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Also mangold-wurzel.

Also called man·gel, mangold.

Origin of mangel-wurzel

1770–80; < German, variant of Mangoldwurzel (Mangold beet + Wurzel root; cf. wort²)

Words nearby mangel-wurzel

manganous, manganous sulfate, mangbetu, mange, mangeao, mangel-wurzel, mangelwurzel, mangemange, manger, mangetout, mangey

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Example sentences from the Web for mangel-wurzel

The oats were very heavy, and the root crops looked well, especially a field of mangel-wurzel.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's|Elihu Burritt
Besides beetroot for sugar, clover and sainfoin are grown, little or no barley, and neither turnips nor mangel-wurzel.
In the Heart of Vosges|Matilda Betham-Edwards
He had cabbage and mangel-wurzel plants to put in their stead.
Rural Rides|William Cobbett
Mangel-wurzel, mang′gl-wur′zl, n. a plant of the beet kind cultivated as food for cattle.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

He still calls the beet a beet-root and the rutabaga a mangel-wurzel.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken

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