beta macrorhiza

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beta macrorhiza - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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