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mangelwurzel
Mangelwurzel (noun) means a root vegetable, a variety of Beta vulgaris, grown mainly as feed for cattle.
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A root vegetable, a variety of Beta vulgaris, grown mainly as feed for cattle.
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Etymology
Formed from German Mangold (“chard”) and Wurzel (“root”), with the first part later reinterpreted as Mangel, which gave rise to the archaic English name "root of scarcity".
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"mangelwurzel" (noun) means a root vegetable, a variety of Beta vulgaris, grown mainly as feed for cattle.
