Definitions of rutabaga [ˌru təˈbeɪ gə, ˈru təˌbeɪ-]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rutabaga
a plant, Brassicanapobrassica, of the mustard family, with a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.

2. rutabaga
the edible tuber, a variety of turnip.

Etymology: (1790–1800, Amer.; < Sw (dial.) rotabagge)

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1. (noun) rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip
the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

2. (noun) rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica
a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

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