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The '''rutabaga''' or '''swede''' or '''(yellow) turnip''' (''[[Brassica]] napobrassica'', or ''[[Brassica napus]]'' var. napobrassica) is a [[root vegetable]] that originated as a cross between the [[cabbage]] and the [[turnip (brassica rapa)|(white) turnip]]—see the [[turnip (disambiguation)|turnip disambiguation page]]. Its leaves may also be eaten as a [[leaf vegetable]].
"Rutabaga" (from dialectal [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ''rotabagge'') is the [[American English|American]] term, while "swede" is the term used in much of [[English English|England]], [[Wales]], and [[Australia]]. Its common name in [[Sweden]] is "Kålrot" (Cabbage root). In Norway it is also called "Kålrot", or "Kålrabi". It is also known as the "Swedish turnip" or "yellow turnip". To the Scots, the Irish, and the English it is called "turnip", or in Scotland, "neep"—the vegetable known elsewhere as a turnip being called a "swede" or a "white turnip" in [[Scotland]]. In North-East England they are also colloquially called "snadgies
The vegetable is native to Sweden, and was introduced into Scotland. From there, it spread to the rest of [[Britain]] and to [[North America]]. In [[Norway]], espescially the west coast, it is used along with potatoes to make a puree called Kålrabistappe. In continental [[Europe]], it acquired a bad reputation when it became a food of last resort during [[World War I]]. In the [[Germany|German]] ''Steckrübenwinter'' (swede winter) of [[1916]]–[[1917|17]], large parts of the population were kept alive on a diet consisting of little else but rutabagas. After the war, most people were so tired of eating rutabagas that they have remained unpopular to this day and are rarely planted.
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