English

Alternative forms

• mangel-wurzel
• mangle-wurzel

Noun

mangelwurzel ‎(plural mangelwurzels)

1. A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
   • 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     Wheat and barley, oats and hay,
     Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels

Synonyms

• (root vegetable): mangold, mangold wurzel

Coordinate terms

• beet
• chard

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