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Rutabaga   /rˈutəbeɪgə/   Listen
Rutabaga

noun
1.
The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.  Synonyms: swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip.
2.
A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root.  Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga plant, swede, Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage.



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"Rutabaga" Quotes from Famous Books



... that both were derived from the almond, or from some common amygdaline progenitor? Who would have thought that the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and kohlrabi are derivatives of one species, and rape or colza, turnip, and probably rutabaga, of another species? And who that is convinced of this can long undoubtingly hold the original distinctness of turnips from cabbages as an article of faith? On scientific grounds may not a primordial cabbage ...
— Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 34, August, 1860 • Various



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