rutabaga
[ roo-tuh-bey-guh, roo-tuh-bey- ]
/ ˌru təˈbeɪ gə, ˈru təˌbeɪ- /
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noun
a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
the edible tuber, a variety of turnip.
Nearby words
rustproofing, rusty, rusty blackbird, rusty sputum, rut, rutabaga, rutaceous, ruth, ruth, babe, ruthenia, ruthenian
Origin of rutabaga
1790–1800, Americanism; < Swedish (dial.) rotabagge
Also called Swedish turnip.
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Examples from the Web for rutabaga
The Rutabaga is a productive variety, and possesses a good deal of nutriment.
Soil Culture|J. H. WaldenHe still calls the beet a beet-root and the rutabaga a mangel-wurzel.
The American Language|Henry L. MenckenEarly purple-top strap-leaf turnip, early cabbage, lettuce, rutabaga turnips.
The Red Cross in Peace and War|Clara BartonWe may get bitten by a snapping bean or routed by a rutabaga or infected by a parsnip.
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British Dictionary definitions for rutabaga
rutabaga
/ (ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə) /
noun
US and Canadian a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus (or B. napobrassica), cultivated for its bulbous edible root, which is used as a vegetable and as cattle fodder: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
the root of this plant
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): swede
Word Origin for rutabaga
C18: from Swedish dialect rotabagge, literally: root bag
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Word Origin and History for rutabaga
rutabaga
1799, from Swedish dialectal (West Götland) rotabagge, from rot "root" (see root (n.)) + bagge "bag" (see bag (n.)). Slang meaning "dollar" is from 1940s.
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