rutabaga
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
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rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)
- (now Canada, US) the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
- (now Canada, US) 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:
Synonyms
Translations
edible root
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “rutabaga”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ [1]
French
Pronunciation
Noun
rutabaga m (plural rutabagas)
Further reading
- “rutabaga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
rutabaga f (plural rutabagas)
- rutabaga (Brassica napus, a plant with an edible root)
Synonyms
- (rutabaga): colza, nabo da Suécia, couve-nabiça, couve-nabo
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