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Rutabaga
//ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə// noun
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Noun
- 1 The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica Canada, US, uncountable, usually
"They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away."
- 2 the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food wordnet
- 3 The edible root of this plant Canada, US, uncountable, usually
"Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch, And then we seek the shelter of a ditch; Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none Has yet been ours since your reign begun."
- 4 a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root wordnet
Etymology
First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).
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