Mangel-wurzel

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mangel-wurzel
       n 1: beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle
            feed [syn: {mangold-wurzel}, {mangold}, {Beta vulgaris
            vulgaris}]
       2: cultivated as feed for livestock