About The Word Turnip
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Turnip
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What's The Definition Of Turnip?
[n] root of any of several members of the mustard family
[n] widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root Synonyms | Synonyms for Turnip: Brassica rapa | white turnip Related Terms | Find terms related to Turnip: See Also | Brassica | cruciferous vegetable | genus Brassica | root vegetable | rutabaga | swede | swedish turnip | turnip greens | turnip plant | turnip plant | white turnip | yellow turnip Turnip In Webster's Dictionary \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour
a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L.
napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. {Napus});
also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.]
{Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}.
{Turnip flea} (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, or
Phyllotreta, striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and
often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of
yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to
several other small insects which are injurious to
turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}.
{Turnip fly}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larv[ae]
live in the turnip root.
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