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turnip

34 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. turnip (noun)
  2. turnip aphid (noun)
  3. turnip bean (noun)
  4. turnip beetle (noun)
  5. turnip cabbage (noun)
  6. turnip flea (noun)
  7. turnip fly (noun)
  8. turnip foot (noun)
  9. turnip ghost (noun)
  10. turnip grass (noun)
  11. turnip leaf miner (noun)
  12. turnip maggot (noun)
  13. turnip radish (noun)
  14. turnip-rooted (adjective)
  15. turnip-rooted celery (noun)
  16. turnip-rooted chervil (noun)
  17. turnip-rooted parsley (noun)
  18. turnip sawfly (noun)
  19. turnip shell (noun)
  20. turnip tops (noun plural)
  21. Indian turnip (noun)
  22. Italian turnip (noun)
  23. pepper turnip (noun)
  24. red turnip beetle (noun)
  25. Russian turnip (noun)
  26. sea turnip (noun)
  27. seven-top turnip (noun)
  28. shogoin turnip (noun)
  29. swamp turnip (noun)
  30. Swedish turnip (noun)

tur·nip

noun \ˈtər-nəp\

Definition of TURNIP

1
a : either of two biennial herbs of the mustard family with thick edible roots: (1) : one (Brassica rapa rapifera) with globular often flattened roots and leaves that are cooked as a vegetable (2) : rutabaga b : the root of a turnip
2
: a large pocket watch
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Origin of TURNIP

Middle English turnepe, probably from turnen to turn + nepe neep; from the well-rounded root
First Known Use: 1533

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