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Webster 1913 Edition
Turnip
Tur′nip
(tûr′nĭp)
, Noun.
[OE. ,
turnep
; probably fr. turn
, or F. tour
a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe
a turnip, AS. nǣpe
, L. napus
. Cf. Turn
, Verb.
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
(Zool.)
, a small flea-beetle (
– Haltica, striolata
syn. 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
. (Zool.)
(a)
The turnip flea.
(b)
A two-winged fly (
Anthomyia radicum
) whose larvae live in the turnip root.