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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] cultivated as feed for livestock
- [n] beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed
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MANGEL-WURZEL is a 13 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangold, mangold-wurzel |
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| | See Also: | | beet, beet, beetroot, Beta vulgaris, common beet |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Man"gel-wur`zel\, n. [G., corrupted fr.
mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.] (Bot.)
A kind of large field beet ({B. macrorhiza}), used as food
for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the
ordinary beet. See {Beet}. [Written also {mangold-wurzel}.]
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