rutabaga
[ roo-tuh-bey-guh, roo-tuh-bey- ]
/ ˌru təˈbeɪ gə, ˈru təˌbeɪ- /
noun
a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
the edible tuber, a variety of turnip.
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Also called Swedish turnip.
Origin of rutabaga
1790–1800, Americanism;<Swedish (dial.) rotabagge
Words nearby rutabaga
rust-through, rusty, rusty blackbird, rusty sputum, rut, rutabaga, rutaceous, ruth, Ruth, Babe, Ruthenia, Ruthenian
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Example sentences 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.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley
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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