rutabaga
noun
a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
rutabagas
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pluralof rutabaga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The defiantly down-home Busby struck a chord with a wide swath of viewers who didn’t know roots music from rutabagas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Other root vegetables for fall harvest are turnips, carrots, rutabagas, and parsnips.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2021
In the greenhouses at Radabaugh Farm in Buckhannon, about 40 minutes east of Lost Creek, vines of heirloom tomatoes hang over sturdy hanovers, root vegetables similar to rutabagas.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
For another, braised oxtail acts as mere garnish for a bed of buttery whipped potatoes and diced rutabagas sweetened with a bit of maple syrup.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
Most of the meals Thula managed to put before her children consisted of thin stews made from parsnips, rutabagas, potatoes, and chipped beef.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
