rutabaga
1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot + bagge. Pronunciation
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1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot + bagge. Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/
rutabaga (uncountable)
- (now, North America) the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
- (now, North America) the edible root of this plant
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch,
And then we seek the shelter of a ditch;
Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none
Has yet been ours since your reign begun.
- Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch,
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- French: rutabaga, chou-navet
- German: Kohlrübe
- Italian: ravizzone
- Portuguese: rutabaga
- Russian: брю́ква
- Spanish: nabo sueco
- French: rutabaga, chou-navet
- German: schwedische Rübe, Kohlrübe, Steckrübe
- Italian: ravizzone
- Portuguese: rutabaga, colza, nabo da Suécia, couve-nabiça, couve-nabo
- Russian: брю́ква
- Spanish: colinabo, nabo sueco
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