rutabaga

1. (now Canada, US) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassicaExamples: "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."CanadaUSuncountableusually

2. (now Canada, US) The edible root of this plantExamples: "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."; "Chipper […] understood how his entire dinner might be scarfabl' in no time, his duties discharged and his freedom regained, and he actually picked up his fork and made a pass at the craggy wad of rutabaga […]"CanadaUSuncountableusually