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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.Definition 2024
turnip
turnip
English
Turnips
Noun
turnip (plural turnips)
- The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
- (dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.
Synonyms
- (Brassica rapa): summer turnip, swede (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland), tumshie (Scotland), white turnip (Cornwall, Scotland)
Derived terms
- fall off the turnip truck
- Swedish turnip
- turnip watch
- turnip flea
- turnip fly
Translations
white root of Brassica rapa
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yellow root of Brassica napus — see swede