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rutabaga
(ruːtəbeɪgə)
Word forms: plural rutabagas
variable noun
A rutabaga is a round yellow root vegetable with a brown or purple skin.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use swederutabaga in British English
(ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə)
noun
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): swede1. US and Canadian
a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus (or B. napobrassica), cultivated for its bulbous edible root, which is used as a vegetable and as cattle fodder: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
2.
the root of this plant
Word origin
C18: from Swedish dialect rotabagge, literally: root bagrutabaga in American English
(ˌrutəˈbeɪgə; ˈrutəˌbeɪgə)
noun
1.
a turniplike plant (Brassica napobrassica) of the crucifer family, with a large, yellow root
2.
this edible root
Word origin
Swed dial. rotabagge < rot (< ON rot, root1) + bagge, ram, thick object < ON baggi > bagImage ofrutabaga
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Examples of 'rutabaga' in a sentencerutabaga
Chinese translation of 'rutabaga'
rutabaga
(ruːtəˈbeɪɡə) (US)
n (c/u)
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芜(蕪)菁甘蓝(藍)
(wújīnggānlán)英 = swede
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