n. 1. A plant (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) in the mustard family, having a thick bulbous yellowish root used as a vegetable. 2. The edible root of this plant. In both senses also called swede, Swedish turnip. [Swedish dialectal rotabagge : rot, root (from Old Norse rōt; see wrād- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + bagge, bag (from Old Norse baggi).] |
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