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mangel-wurzel
[ mang-guhl-wur-zuhl ]
noun
, Chiefly British.
- a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mangel-wurzel1
1770–80; < German, variant of Mangoldwurzel ( Mangold beet + Wurzel root; wort 2 )
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Example Sentences
Children carry "punkies" - lanterns traditionally made from a large turnip known as a mangel-wurzel - and stop at key locations to sing the Punkie Song.
From BBC
His mouth is open, too, and big enough apparently to hold a mangel-wurzel.
From Project Gutenberg
Of course, it’s not so deciduous, and the shape is different; it’s more obvate than a mangel-wurzel; more—” he swept his hands vaguely in air—“more phenomenal.”
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Dinner, soup, always containing lumps of mangel-wurzel, cabbage, black peas, and occasional pieces of potato.
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He soon discovers that the melon has no more flavor than a mangel-wurzel, and that the apricot tastes like a turnip radish.
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