rutabaga

2 definitions found

rutabaga - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ruta-baga \Ru`ta-ba"ga\, n. (Bot.)
     A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid
     yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.
     [1913 Webster]

rutabaga - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rutabaga
      n 1: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
           [syn: rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip
           ]
      2: a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
         [syn: rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish   turnip
         , rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica]