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turnip
English
Etymology
From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English n?p, from Latin n?pus. 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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??.n?p/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??.n?p/
Noun
turnip (plural turnips)
- The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, Cornwall, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
- (Hong Kong) The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon.
- (dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.
Synonyms
- (Brassica rapa): summer turnip, white turnip (Cornwall, Scotland)
- (Brassica napus): rutabaga (North America), swede (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland), tumshie (Scotland)
- (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus): see daikon
Derived terms
- fall off the turnip truck
- Swedish turnip (Brassica napus)
- turnip watch
- turnip flea beetle (Phyllotreta undulata)
- turnip fly (Delia radicum)
- turnipy
- Turnip yellow mosaic virus
Translations
Descendants
- ? German: Turnip
- ? Irish: tornapa
- ? Russian: ??????? (turneps)
See also
- rutabaga
- swede
- turnip greens
Verb
turnip (third-person singular simple present turnips, present participle turniping or turnipping, simple past and past participle turniped or turnipped)
- (transitive) To plant with turnips.
- 1803, Agricultural Magazine (volume 9, page 32)
- This identical field has been turniped before, and to good account, in a favourable winter.
- 1803, Agricultural Magazine (volume 9, page 32)
- (transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.
- 1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases (page 328)
- 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.
- 1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases (page 328)
References
Anagrams
- Turpin, turpin
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turniplike
English
Etymology
turnip +? -like
Adjective
turniplike (comparative more turniplike, superlative most turniplike)
- Resembling a turnip or some aspect of one.
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