rutabaga

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/ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/(US)

Definition of rutabaga

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noun

(Canada, US, uncountable, usually)The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica

“They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.”

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noun

(Canada, US, uncountable, usually)The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica

“They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.”
(Canada, US, uncountable, usually)The edible root of this plant

“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.”
“Chipper […] understood how his entire dinner might be scarfabl' in no time, his duties discharged and his freedom regained, and he actually picked up his fork and made a pass at the craggy wad of rutabaga […]”
“American kids ate very odd things in the 19th century. Spicy sauces and vinegary pickles. Shellfish and organ meats. Beets, rutabagas, collards.”

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First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).

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