noun
mangelwurzel
Mangelwurzel (noun) means a root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
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A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
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Etymology
From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".
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"mangelwurzel" (noun) means a root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.