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the turnip, Brassica rapa.
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white turnip
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white turnip — noun 1. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root • Syn: ↑turnip, ↑Brassica rapa • Hypernyms: ↑turnip plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica … Useful english dictionary
turnip greens — noun tender leaves of young white turnips • Hypernyms: ↑greens, ↑green, ↑leafy vegetable • Part Holonyms: ↑turnip, ↑white turnip, ↑Brassica rapa * * * noun plural see … Useful english dictionary
turnip plant — noun any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots • Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑cruciferous plant • Hyponyms: ↑turnip, ↑white turnip, ↑Brassica rapa, ↑rutabaga, ↑turnip cabbag … Useful english dictionary
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turnip — /ˈtɜnəp / (say ternuhp) noun 1. the thick, fleshy, edible root of the cruciferous plant Brassica rapa, the common white turnip, or of B. napus, the swedish turnip or swede. 2. the plant itself. 3. the root of this plant used as a vegetable.… …
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Turnip — taxobox name = Turnip image caption = Small turnip root regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Brassicales familia = Brassicaceae genus = Brassica species = B. rapa subspecies = B … Wikipedia
turnip — turniplike, adj. /terr nip/, n. 1. the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow fleshed rutabaga. 2. the plant itself. 3. the root of this plant used as a… … Universalium
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