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Meanings of mangold-wurzel in English

Beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed.

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        Examples for "mangold"
        Examples for "mangold"
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        Ay, and what crops, too: what wheat and beans, turnips and mangold.
        Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
        2
        Dawn, and Dr. Draper's carriage waiting in the road beside the mangold fields.
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        3
        Outside he is the colour of a mangold-wurzel, and inside he is as black as ink.
        The Knave of Diamonds
        4
        Beyond the negative, there was just a possibility of sarcasm in it-'nicelong speeches on mangold-wurzel 'hada suspicious sound.
        Wessex Tales
        5
        Yonder green is the swede, or turnip, or mangold; but frequent as are the fields of roots, the golden tint overpowers the green.
        Hodge and His Masters
        1
        Still, we did not condemn the mangel-wurzel, but tried it another week.
        Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by It
        2
        I usually raise from ten to fifteen acres of mangel-wurzel every year.
        Talks on Manures / A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Betw...
        3
        Is the onion or the mangel-wurzel to be your hero?
        Winding Paths
        4
        Why, he don't know a swede from a mangel-wurzel.
        Of Human Bondage
        5
        The oats were very heavy, and the root crops looked well, especially a field of mangel-wurzel.
        A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
        Usage of mangold-wurzel in English
        1
        Outside he is the colour of a mangold-wurzel, and inside he is as black as ink.
        The Knave of Diamonds
        2
        Pole's infant park that if devoted to mangold-wurzel it would be productive and would pay: whereas now it was not ornamental and was waste.
        Sandra Belloni — Volume 2