The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of mangelwurzel English)
WordNet
n. beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed [syn: mangold-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris vulgaris]
cultivated as feed for livestock
Usage examples of "mangel-wurzel".
It is not a difficult matter, by selecting the largest roots for seed, and by liberal manuring, and continuously selecting the largest roots, to convert the sugar-beet into a mangel-wurzel.
If we introduced lucern, Italian rye-grass, corn-fodder, and mangel-wurzel into the rotation, we should need still richer land to produce a maximum growth of these crops.
And this they did, only getting Chuck away from the mangel-wurzels with some difficulty and by promising him an Ormoloo-burger if he was a good boy and climbed into the Haggis machine and sat quietly.