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Rapunzel
ruh-PUHN-zuhl
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The heroine of a German fairy tale who is locked in a tower and lets down her extremely long hair so a prince can climb up to rescue her.
"She has hair so long her friends joke she should be called Rapunzel."
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A salad plant (also called corn salad or mâche) with small, tender leaves.
"The chef topped the dish with a handful of rapunzel leaves."
How to Use Rapunzel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsually the fairy-tale princess with impossibly long hair; less commonly, a small salad green.
Word Forms
Rapunzels plural
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Etymology
From German Rapunzel, originally the name of a lettuce-like salad plant that appears in the fairy tale itself.