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Meaning of MANGEL-WURZEL

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  cultivated as feed for livestock
  2. [n]  beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed
 

MANGEL-WURZEL is a 13 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangold, mangold-wurzel
 
 See Also: beet, beet, beetroot, Beta vulgaris, common beet

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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