2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turnip \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
turnip
n 1: widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white
or yellow root [syn: {white turnip}, {Brassica rapa}]
2: root of any of several members of the mustard family
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