'mangold-wurzel' definitions:
Definition of 'mangold-wurzel'
(from WordNet)
noun
Beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed [syn: mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris vulgaris]
Definition of 'mangold-wurzel'
From: GCIDE
- Mangel-wurzel \Man"gel-wur`zel\, n. [G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.] (Bot.) A kind of large field beet (Beta macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet. [Written also mangold-wurzel.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]