RUTABAGA

Rutabaga

The rutabaga, swede, turnip, yellow turnip, or neep is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip; see Triangle of U. The roots are prepared for human food in a variety of ways, and the leaves can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. The roots and tops are also used as winter feed for livestock, when they may be fed directly, or by allowing the animals to forage the plants in the field.

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rutabaga

Noun

  1. the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus
  2. the edible root of this plant


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