Noun: rutabaga ,roo-tu'bey-gu or 'roo-tu,bey-gu
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: swede)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: swede)
- The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
"She added diced rutabaga to the stew for extra flavor";
- swede [Brit], swedish turnip, yellow turnip
- A vegetable plant of the cabbage family with a large, round, yellow-fleshed edible root
"rutabaga needs a long growing season and cool weather";
- turnip cabbage, swede [Brit], Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant [N. Amer], Brassica napus napobrassica
Derived forms: rutabagas
Type of: neep [UK, dialect], turnip, turnip plant
Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica
Encyclopedia: Rutabaga