| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| mangel-wurzel |
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| SYLLABICATION: | man·gel-wur·zel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m ng g l-wûr zl |
| NOUN: | A variety of the common beet having a large yellowish root, used chiefly as cattle feed. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German Mangelwurzel, alteration (influenced by Mangel, scarcity) of Mangoldwurzel : Mangold, beet (from Middle High German m negolt) + Wurzel, root; see wrd- in Appendix I.
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