Definition of mangel-wurzel

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man·gel-wur·zel    (mnggl-wûrzl) KEY  

NOUN:

A variety of the common beet having a large yellowish root, used chiefly as cattle feed.

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ETYMOLOGY:
German Mangelwurzel, alteration (influenced by Mangel, scarcity), of Mangoldwurzel Mangold, beet (from Middle High German mnegolt) + Wurzel, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots

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