rutabaga

ru·ta·ba·ga

a turniplike plant (Brassica napobrassica) of the crucifer family, with a large, yellow root
this edible root

Origin of rutabaga

Swedish dialect, dialectal rotabagge from rot ( from Old Norse rot, root) + bagge, ram, thick object from Old Norse baggi from source bag

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A plant (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) in the mustard family, having a thick bulbous yellowish root used as a vegetable.
The edible root of this plant. Also called In both senses also called swede . Also called Swedish turnip .

Origin of rutabaga

Swedish dialectal rotabagge rot root ( from Old Norse rōt ; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.) bagge bag ( from Old Norse baggi )

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)

(North America) the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus
(North America) the edible root of this plant

Origin

1799, from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from VÃ¤stergÃ¶tland, from rot (“root") +"Ž bagge (“bag").

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