ruta-baga

Noun

rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)

1. (Canada, US, usually) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
   • They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.2007, James Wilcox, Hunk City
2. (Canada, US, usually) The edible root of this plant
   • Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch,
     And then we seek the shelter of a ditch;
     Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none
     Has yet been ours since your reign begun.1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts