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rutabaga

ru·ta·baga

US/ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/ rare us

noun

Origin

First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).

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