mangel-wurzel

[ mang-guhl-wur-zuhl ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mangel-wurzel¹

1770–80; < German, variant of Mangoldwurzel ( Mangold beet + Wurzel root; wort ² )

Example Sentences

The name of the field beet is, in the language of the unlearned, mangel-wurzel, "the root of poverty."

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The Red Beet, as well as the Mangel-wurzel, we owe to this humble seaside plant.

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We had him from the work'us when he was seven, to chop mangel wurzel, and here he's been ever since, nigh twelve year.

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The charred mangel-wurzel leaves are to be used in precisely the same way as tea.

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But mix the potatoes with juice of mangel wurzel, and they make very good food for hogs of all ages.

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