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mangel-wurzel

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man·gel-wur·zel  (mnggl-wûrzl)
n.
A variety of the common beet having a large yellowish root, used chiefly as cattle feed.
[German Mangelwurzel, alteration (influenced by Mangel, scarcity) of Mangoldwurzel : Mangold, beet (from Middle High German mnegolt) + Wurzel, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.mangel-wurzelmangel-wurzel - beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed
Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangold, mangold-wurzel
beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
2.mangel-wurzel - cultivated as feed for livestock
beet, beetroot - round red root vegetable


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