Definitions for rutabaga

rutabaga ru·ta·ba·ga

Spelling: [roo-tuh-bey-guh, roo-t
IPA: /ˌru təˈbeɪ gə, ˈru təˌbeɪ-/

Rutabaga is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in rutabaga (aaabgrtu).

Definitions for rutabaga

noun

  1. a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
  2. the edible tuber, a variety of turnip.

Origin of rutabaga

1790-1800, Americanism; Swedish (dial.) rotabagge

Examples for rutabaga

He still calls the beet a beet-root and the rutabaga a mangel-wurzel.

Goodbye greens, goodbye peaches, and hello white: potatoes, parsnips, rutabaga.

We may get bitten by a snapping bean or routed by a rutabaga or infected by a parsnip.

The Swedish, or rutabaga, variety is rather more nutritive than the white, but its stronger flavor renders it less palatable.

Early purple-top strap-leaf turnip, early cabbage, lettuce, rutabaga turnips.

The rutabaga is a productive variety, and possesses a good deal of nutriment.

Word Value for rutabaga
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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