mangelwurzel means A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
noun
- A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.“I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?”