Definition of Swedish turnip. Meaning of Swedish turnip. Synonyms of Swedish turnip

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Definition of Swedish turnip

Swedish turnip
Swedish Swed"ish, a. [Cf. G. schwedisch, Sw. svensk.] Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. (Bot.) See under Turnip.
Swedish turnip
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.

Meaning of Swedish turnip from wikipedia

- the Swedish dialectal word rotabagge, from rot 'root' + bagge 'lump, bunch'. In the U.S., the plant is also known as Swedish turnip or yellow turnip. The...
- word "turnip" can refer to any of the following four vegetables: Turnip (white turnip, summer turnip, Br****ica rapa rapa) Rutabaga (yellow turnip, Br****ica...
- The turnip or white turnip (Br****ica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot...
- loss of the potato crop forced the German po****tion to subsist on Swedish turnip or rutabaga as an alternative.[citation needed] Traditionally used as...
- top of the trunk, and take out the heart, in substance resembling a Swedish turnip, and of the thickness of a man's arm. This they either roasted in the...
- mate" (i.e. "Turnip, potatoes and meat", turnip being the Cornish and Scottish term for swede, itself an abbreviation of 'Swedish Turnip', the British...
- (five-acre) plot, they grew potatoes, cabbage, parsnips, carrots, onions, Swedish turnips, and "mangold wurtzel", both for workhouse consumption and for a cash...
- checkpoints along an unfamiliar course (as in the woods)" rutabaga, "a turnip (Br****ica napus napobr****ica) that usually produces a large yellowish root...
- other foods including potatoes, people ate unusual vegetables, such as Swedish turnip and Jerusalem artichoke. Food shortages were most acute in the large...
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