1. 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
    
2. 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