turnip
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrnɪp/
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- Even from there, the smell of boiling turnip greens hits you.
- turnip crop
- field of turnips
- turnip cultivation
He he gave me cooking lessons, how to cook turnips on an open stove.
- He he gave me cooking lessons, how to cook turnips on an open stove.
- Very large turnip make a very big soup.
- What you'll do is in the fall, you'll plant things like turnips or radishes, carrots even.
- It grows more similar to like a turnip or a radish, something like that.
- Now, not represented here are other root crops like rutabagas, turnips.
- Cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, turnips, kale.
Examples
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So you keep your crop rotation of turnips, barley, clover, and wheat.
Fiction book (1992) -
Joseph, you can bring me in some more turnips tonight.
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This kind of turnip that's just a root vegetable.
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In one pot, I braised quartered turnips in water until tender.
Academic text (2004) -
We had three rows of peas, two each of turnips and collards, and one of tomatoes.
Fiction book (2000) -
I got trout, two sides of turnip greens, some pepper sauce, a dumpling, a corn, a bean.
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What you'll do is in the fall, you'll plant things like turnips or radishes, carrots even.
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You can add turnip to the soup for extra flavor and nutrition.
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The farmer harvested a large batch of turnips this season for the market.
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For a healthy side dish, try roasting turnips with olive oil and herbs.
Synonyms
A round white root vegetable that people eat cooked or raw
Idioms
Compounds
A North American woodland plant with leaves that have three parts and bright red berries
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Etymology
Turnip comes from two old parts: turn and neep, and neep was an old word for this root from Latin napus. The turn part likely suggests 'turned' or made round, so a turnip is a round root vegetable.