Dictionary entry

Mangel-wurzel

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Man″gel–wur′zel (?), n. [G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.] (Bot.) A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, — by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet. [Written also mangold-wurzel.]