mangel-wurzel

A form of mangelwurzel — A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

Similar
mangold-wurzelmangoldBeta vulgaris vulgaris

Meanings

nounmangel-wurzel (plural mangel-wurzels)

plural mangel-wurzels

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mangelwurzel.

    Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels

    1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbeet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed

Similar
mangold-wurzelmangoldBeta vulgaris vulgaris
Broader
beetcommon beetBeta vulgaris
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

mangel-wurzel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangel-wurzel

MLA

“mangel-wurzel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangel-wurzel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mangel-wurzel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangel-wurzel.

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