man·gel-wur·zel /-ˌwɝzəl/
Man·gel-wur·zel n. 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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mangel-wurzel
n 1: beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle
feed [syn: mangold-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris
vulgaris]
2: cultivated as feed for livestock