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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed..
I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?
Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels
Use mangelwurzel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mangelwurzel means A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed..
Common synonyms include mangold, mangold wurzel, root of scarcity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?
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