Ruta-baga

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruta-baga \Ru`ta-ba"ga\, n. (Bot.)
     A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid
     yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See {Turnip}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rutabaga
       n 1: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food [syn:
             {swede}, {swedish turnip}, {yellow turnip}]
       2: a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
          [syn: {turnip cabbage}, {swede}, {Swedish turnip}, {rutabaga
          plant}, {Brassica napus napobrassica}]