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rutabaga

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Etymology

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1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) +‎ bagge (“lump, bunch”).[1][2]

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rutabaga roots

rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)

  1. (now Canada, US) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
  2. (now Canada, US) The edible root of this plant
    • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
      Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch,
      And then we seek the shelter of a ditch;
      Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none
      Has yet been ours since your reign begun.

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “rutabaga”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ [1]

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rutabaga m (plural rutabagas)

  1. swede, rutabaga (yellow root of Brassica napus)

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) +‎ bagge (“lump, bunch”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ru.taˈba.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ta‧bà‧ga

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rutabaga f (plural rutabaghe)

  1. Synonym of navone (“oilseed rape”)

Further reading

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  • rutabaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: ru‧ta‧ba‧ga

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rutabaga f (plural rutabagas)

  1. rutabaga (Brassica napus, a plant with an edible root)
    Synonyms: colza, nabo da Suécia, couve-nabiça, couve-nabo
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