swede

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[624 Italian rye grass, not to be confounded with the old English ray grass, had been introduced by Thomson of Banchory, in 1834, from Munich;[625] and though the swede was known at the end of the eighteenth century, in many parts it had only just become common.

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  1. noun See rutabaga.

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  • A plate of creamed potatoes, mashed swede, and one forkful of peas. —  Martha Grimes - The Old Silent
  • For our Christmas meal we had: roasted parsnip, roasted / crispy potatoes, boiled carrots, swede, cauliflower cheese (made by Samantha - delicious!), pigs in blankets (mini sausages wrapped in bacon - yummm!), ham (double yum!), turkey, stuffing, cabbage, brussel sprouts, yorkshire puddings, gravy and other garnishings (I don't think I've forgotton anything). —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Dave Spoon and Sebastien Leger, with hopefully a swede or 3 as well. —  Ibiza Spotlight News and Views
  • Sometimes, on reading comments on this blog, I draw the same impression as simon-swede did on the last post: "so much vitriol". —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • With few exceptions, those with political and economic power are taking as little notice of statements such as "there is no evidence for anthropogenic climate change" as they are of protestors hurling bricks through the windows of capitalism this week; perhaps that is partly because they are demonstrably untrue, or partly because they are often delivered with, to quote simon-swede, "so much vitriol". —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
 

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  1. From its introduction from Sweden.
 

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