Mangel-wurzel \Man"gel-wur`zel\, n. [G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.] (Bot.) A kind of large field beet ({B. macrorhiza}), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See {Beet}. [Written also {mangold-wurzel}.]