mangelwurzel

/ ˈmænɡəlˌwɜːzəl; ˈmæŋɡəʊldˌwɜːzəl /

noun

1. a Eurasian variety of the beet plant, Beta vulgaris, cultivated as a cattle food, having a large yellowish root Often shortened tomangelmangold

Word History and Origins

Origin of mangelwurzel¹

C18: from German Mangoldwurzel, from Mangold beet + Wurzel root

Example Sentences

The Mangelwurzel is a larger beet, and coarser, and is much used for cattle feed.

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Some "Bucks County" farmers raise mangelwurzel simply to feed to their cattle, but Aunt Sarah preferred them when young and tender to beets, and always raised them for her table.

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I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?

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When the clarified juice of nutritious vegetables, such as cauliflower, asparagus, mangelwurzel, or turnips, is made to boil, a coagulum is formed, which it is absolutely impossible to distinguish from the substance which separates as a coagulum, when the serum of blood, or the white of an egg, diluted with water, are heated to the boiling point.

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How, for instance, could that wonderful case of the Earl of Mangelwurzel and his brother be examined in the Snobbish point of view?

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