English Explanatory Dictionary

mangelwurzel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

Word forms

mangelwurzel mangelwurzels mangel-wurzel mangle-wurzel

Etymology

From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".

Synonyms

mangold mangold wurzel root of scarcity
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