mangle-wurzel

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

Meanings

nounmangle-wurzel (plural mangle-wurzels)

plural mangle-wurzels

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mangelwurzel.

    By degrees, vegetable diet was supplied instead of milk; and at the present day the animal is fed on clover, hay, corn, chaff, bran, mangle-wurzel, carrots, and white cabbage.

    1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XL, page 494
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