wurzel
Livestock feed vegetable
Wurzel is a large root vegetable, specifically the mangel-wurzel or mangold, a variety of beet grown as livestock feed.
The word comes from German for "root." In British English, wurzel can be mildly derisive slang for a rural person, suggesting someone unsophisticated or rustic: a bunch of wurzels from the countryside.
Dark red root vegetable
- turnipEdible white root crop
- fodderCoarse livestock nourishment
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- swedeYellow-fleshed root vegetable
rutabaga · cattle feed · sugar beet · farm · agriculture · crop · harvest · storage
Of Teutonic language stock
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical common ancestor language
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- linguisticsScience of language structure
- word originSource of a term
German · Anglo-Saxon · Indo-European · etymology · morpheme · derivation
Humor from the UK
- parsnipPale edible taproot
- catchphraseSignature line of words
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
- BBCBritish public broadcaster
Peter Sellers · satire · 1950s
beet
Dark red root vegetable
swede · rutabaga · cattle feed · sugar beet · farm · agriculture · crop · harvest · storage · silage
Germanic
Of Teutonic language stock
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical common ancestor language
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- linguisticsScience of language structure
word origin · German · Anglo-Saxon · Indo-European · etymology · morpheme · derivation
British comedy
Humor from the UK
- parsnipPale edible taproot
- catchphraseSignature line of words
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
Peter Sellers · BBC · satire · 1950s
taproot
Main descending root
rootlet · rootball · underground · soil · anchor · nutrient · rootbound · germinate