mangelwurzel
Meaning
Noun
- A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
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Origin
- From German Mangold ("chard") + Wurzel, with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".
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