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Noun: swede  sweed
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: rutabaga)
  1. A vegetable plant of the cabbage family with a large, round, yellow-fleshed edible root
    "swede needs a long growing season and cool weather";
    - rutabaga [N. Amer], turnip cabbage, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant [N. Amer], Brassica napus napobrassica
     
  2. The large yellow root of a swede plant used as food
    "She added diced swede to the stew for extra flavour";
    - rutabaga [N. Amer], swedish turnip, yellow turnip
Noun: Swede  sweed
  1. A native or inhabitant of Sweden

Derived forms: swedes, Swedes

Type of: European, neep [UK, dialect], turnip, turnip plant

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica, Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige, Sweden

Encyclopedia: Swede, George