rutabaga
Meaning
- (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
- (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) The edible root of this plant
Synonyms
Translations
rutabaga
Brassica napobrassica
Kohlrübe
couve-nabo
navone
koolraap
colinabo
şalgamFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/
Etymology
First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).
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