turnip Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
white turnip; Brassica rapa.
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noun root of any of several members of the mustard family
WordNet
Tur"nip noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
(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 .