Swedish turnip
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
"Heavens! what attention he bestowed on the growth of his grey pease! how eloquent he could be on the merits of Swedish turnips! and a new drill, or a patent thrashing machine, deprived him of sleep for a week."
- 2 the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food wordnet
- 3 a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root wordnet
Example
More examples"Heavens! what attention he bestowed on the growth of his grey pease! how eloquent he could be on the merits of Swedish turnips! and a new drill, or a patent thrashing machine, deprived him of sleep for a week."