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RUTABAGA

English dictionary: Word overview

RUTABAGA (noun)
  The noun RUTABAGA has 2 senses:

1. the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
2. a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

  Familiarity information: RUTABAGA used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


RUTABAGA (noun)


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Meaning:

The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

rutabaga; yellow turnip; swedish turnip; swede

Hypernyms ("rutabaga" is a kind of...):

turnip (root of any of several members of the mustard family)

Holonyms ("rutabaga" is a part of...):

Brassica napus napobrassica; rutabaga; rutabaga plant; swede; Swedish turnip; turnip cabbage (a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root)


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Meaning:

A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Swedish turnip; rutabaga plant; turnip cabbage; Brassica napus napobrassica; swede; rutabaga

Hypernyms ("rutabaga" is a kind of...):

turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)

Meronyms (parts of "rutabaga"):

rutabaga; swede; swedish turnip; yellow turnip (the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food)

Holonyms ("rutabaga" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)


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