mangel-wurzel

[ mang-guhl-wur-zuhl ]

/ ˈmæŋ gəlˈwɜr zəl /

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noun Chiefly British.

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

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Also mangold-wurzel.

Also called mangel, 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, mangemange, manger, mangetout, mangey, mangia-cake

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How to use mangel-wurzel in a sentence

The name of the field beet is, in the language of the unlearned, mangel-wurzel, "the root of poverty."
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
The Red Beet, as well as the Mangel-wurzel, we owe to this humble seaside plant.
On the Seashore|R. Cadwallader Smith
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 Last Galley|Arthur Conan Doyle
The charred mangel-wurzel leaves are to be used in precisely the same way as tea.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419, New Series, January 10, 1852|Various

But mix the potatoes with juice of mangel wurzel, and they make very good food for hogs of all ages.
Cottage Economy|William Cobbett

British Dictionary definitions for mangel-wurzel

mangelwurzel

mangoldwurzel (ˈmæŋɡəʊldˌwɜːzəl)

/ (ˈmænɡəlˌwɜːzəl) /

noun

a Eurasian variety of the beet plant, Beta vulgaris, cultivated as a cattle food, having a large yellowish rootOften shortened to: mangel, mangold

Word Origin for mangelwurzel

C18: from German Mangoldwurzel, from Mangold beet + Wurzel root

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