mangelwurzel
Meaning
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
Synonyms
fodder beet
Translations
Beta vulgaris vulgaris alba
Mangold
betteraveEtymology
From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".
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