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turnip |
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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