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MANGEL-WURZEL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cultivated as feed for livestock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("mangel-wurzel" is a kind of...):

beet; beetroot (round red root vegetable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed

Synonyms:

Beta vulgaris vulgaris; mangel-wurzel; mangold; mangold-wurzel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mangel-wurzel" is a kind of...):

beet; Beta vulgaris; common beet (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)

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