What is "mangold-wurzel"

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.]

n. beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed [syn: mangel-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris vulgaris]