Definition of turnip Turnip
/tɚˈnʌp/ - [ternup] - tur•nip
We found 7 definitions of turnip from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: turnips |
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| turnip - root of any of several members of the mustard family | ||
| root vegetable any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers | ||
| cruciferous vegetable a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts | ||
| turnip plant any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots | ||
| white turnip white root of a turnip plant | ||
| turnip - widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root | ||
| white turnip, Brassica rapa | ||
| turnip plant any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots | ||
| brassica, genus brassica mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. | ||
| white turnip white root of a turnip plant | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- turnip (v. t.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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turnip
A root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, bulbous taproot.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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turnip
tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n. Tur′nip-fly, a muscid fly whose maggots burrow in turnip-roots. [Perh. orig. turn-nep—turn, implying something round, and nep—A.S. nǽp, a turnip.]
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🔤- turnip, noun, singular of turnips.
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