swede
noun/swiːd/
/swiːd/
(British English) (North American English rutabaga)
(Scottish English turnip)
[countable, uncountable]- a large round yellow root vegetableTopics Foodc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Swede, being first introduced into Scotland from Sweden in 1781–2.
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