mangold-wurzel


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Noun1.mangold-wurzel - beet with a large yellowish rootmangold-wurzel - beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed
beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
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For a German student, what does a "quadrilateral" have to do with a "wurzel" or mangold-wurzel (a turnip-like plant in the general "beet" family, such as beetroot)?