Mangel-wurzel \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}.]
mangold-wurzel
n : beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle
feed [syn: {mangel-wurzel}, {mangold}, {Beta vulgaris
vulgaris}]