mangold
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The thrower whose mangold lands closest to the Norman is the winner.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011
The potatoes abound in starch, the mangold and carrot are largely composed of water, while the cabbage abounds in rich, nitrogeneous food.
From Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop by James John Howard Gregory
The substitution of mangel for the original mangold, was probably an attempt to correct some vulgar error in orthography; or to substitute a word of some significance for one of none.
From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
It has been said by some that the rootlets of mangold will reach the drains under them; and, particularly, where the drains contain most water in rapid motion.
From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French
Does it satisfy you, as a man made in the image of God, to be able to distinguish between a mangold and a swede?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919 by Various
