Mangel-wurzel \Man"gel-wur`zel\, n. [G., corrupted fr.
mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.] (Bot.)
A kind of large field beet ({Beta macrorhiza}), used as food
for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the
ordinary beet. See {Beet}. [Written also {mangold-wurzel}.]
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