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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ru•ta•ba•ga /ˌrutəˈbeɪgə, ˈrutəˌbeɪ-/USA pronunciation n., pl. -gas. - Plant Biology[countable] a plant of the mustard family with a yellow- or white-fleshed underground stem that can be eaten.
- Plant Biology[uncountable] the underground stem that can be eaten, a variety of turnip.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ru•ta•ba•ga (ro̅o̅′tə bā′gə, ro̅o̅′tə bā′-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
- Plant Biologythe edible tuber, a variety of turnip. Also called Swedish turnip.
- Swedish (dialect, dialectal) rotabagge
- 1790–1800, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rutabaga /ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə/ n - US Canadian a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus (or B. napobrassica), cultivated for its bulbous edible root, which is used as a vegetable and as cattle fodder: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- the root of this plant
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): swede Etymology: 18th Century: from Swedish dialect rotabagge, literally: root bag |