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Turnip

//ˈtɝ.nɪp// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

    "The ancient Roman gastronomists considered the turnip, when prepared in the following manner, a dish fit for epicures: "After boiling, extract the water from them, and season with cummin, rue, or benzoin, pounded in a mortar; afterward add honey, vinegar, gravy, and boiled grapes. Allow the whole to simmer, and serve.""

  2. 2
    root of any of several members of the mustard family wordnet
  3. 3
    The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. Atlantic-Canada, Cornwall, Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
  4. 4
    widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root wordnet
  5. 5
    The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon. Hong-Kong
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  1. 6
    The root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus; jicama. Malaysia, Singapore, broadly
  2. 7
    Clipping of turnip watch abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated
  3. 8
    A fool or simpleton. slang

    ""Dost thou not believe, thou twittering turnip?""

Verb
  1. 1
    To plant with turnips. transitive

    "This identical field has been turniped before, and to good account, in a favourable winter."

  2. 2
    To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips. transitive

    "The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.

Etymology 2

From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.

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