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
He enhanced the meat’s flavor with a rich whiskey-shallot-ostrich broth reduction, serving wilted watercress and mashed turnips and rutabagas on the side.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
Other root vegetables for fall harvest are turnips, carrots, rutabagas, and parsnips.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2021
Turnips and rutabagas need no peeling if they’re young.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2016
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
