mangel-wurzel
[mang-guh l-wur-zuh l]
- a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
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Also mangold-wurzel.
Origin of mangel-wurzel
Also called man·gel, mangold.
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Historical Examples
Of beets, with mangel-wurzel, we have almost as great a variety; so also of carrots.
Science and Practice in Farm CultivationJames Buckman
His neighbour had, however, got a fine field of mangel-wurzel.
An Old English HomeS. Baring-Gould
He still calls the beet a beet-root and the rutabaga a mangel-wurzel.
The American LanguageHenry L. Mencken
He had cabbage and mangel-wurzel plants to put in their stead.
Rural RidesWilliam Cobbett
Of the mangel-wurzel (greens and all) he has not less than twenty tons to the acre.
Rural RidesWilliam Cobbett