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单词 rutabaga
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rutabagan.

Brit. /ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə/, /ˈruːtəˌbeɪɡə/, U.S. /ˈrudəˌbeɪɡə/
Forms: 1700s– rootabaga, 1700s– rutabaga; U.S. regional 1900s– rootebagger, 1900s– rootybagger, 1900s– rutabegger.
Origin: A borrowing from Swedish. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Swedish rotabagge; French rutabaga.
Etymology: < Swedish regional (Western Götland) rotabagge (1766; 1762 as †rotebagge ; < rot root n.1 + bagge short, stumpy object (only as second element in the compound rotabagge ; probably related to Old Icelandic baggi bag n.)), perhaps via French rutabaga (1788). Compare German Rutabaga (1805 or earlier; also as †Rotabaga (1807 or earlier)).The forms in root- may partly reflect association with root n.1
Now chiefly U.S.
A type of brassica having a rounded, turnip-like root with firm yellow or white flesh, Brassica napus (Napobrassica group); the root of this plant, used as a vegetable or fodder for animals. Also †rutabaga turnip. Also called swede, Swedish turnip.The rutabaga may have arisen by hybridization of the turnip and the cabbage, probably occurring in Finland in the sixteenth or early seventeenth cent.
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1789 Ann. Agric. 11 342 I now inclose a small parcel of the Roota Baga seed.
1796 J. Donaldson Mod. Agric. II. 318 There was a new species of turnips lately introduced, called Ruta Baga, or Swedish turnip, respecting the superior excellence of which..much has been said and written.
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 10 Hog-wash or grains, or ruta baga, none Has yet been ours since your reign begun.
1833 W. Sewall Diary 20 June (1930) 149/2 Finished planting potatoes. Sowed rutabaga turnips.
1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 376 The great landlake..rimmed with the green and purple verdure of the turnip and ruta-baga.
1916 Yukon Territory (Canada Dept. Interior) 213 The type shape is similar to a rutabaga, but the roots are smooth without laterals.
1951 O. Nash Family Reunion 107 We gobbled like pigs On rutabagas and salted figs.
2005 M. O'Connor Bitch Posse iii. 23 Soon she too craved the strange meat and rutabaga pasties.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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