Definition of Turnips. Meaning of Turnips. Synonyms of Turnips

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Definition of Turnips

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 Turnips from wikipedia

- same turnips cultivated for their roots. Previous estimates of domestication dates are limited to linguistic analyses of plant names. Edible turnips were...
- (1674–1738), English politician nicknamed "Turnip" Townshend for promoting the cultivation of turnips Turnip Rock, Michigan, United States, a small geological...
- roamed the streets in masks carrying carved turnips known in Scotland as "tumshie heads". In modern times, turnips are often carved to look as sinister and...
- the poor one has to become a farmer to escape his poverty. One of his turnips grows to an enormous size, and he gives it to the king. The king gives...
- scientific name Br****ica oleracea Gongylodes Group), also called German turnip or turnip cabbage, is a biennial vegetable, a low, stout cultivar of wild cabbage...
- also called celery root, **** celery, and turnip-rooted celery (although it is not a close relative of the turnip), is a group of cultivars of Apium graveolens...
- Turnip cake is a Chinese dim sum dish. The less common name radish cake is more accurate, as Western-style turnips are not used in the dish but rather...
- Bolshevik Revolution into Germany. The solution to replace potatoes with turnips greatly affected the diets and nutrition of the German people during and...
- Vitamin B and iron. Dried turnip is usually made around the winter solstice. Turnips are cleaned before solarization. Then the turnips are mixed with salt and...
- Truss's candidature; the proponents of Truss's deselection were branded the "Turnip Taliban" by Conservative Party officials and the press, including by the...