Turnip synonyms

tûr'nĭp

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rutabaga
This edible root
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swedish turnip
(Chiefly Brit.) rutabaga
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kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
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indian turnip
The jack-in-the-pulpit or its root
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brassica-rapa
A taxonomic species within the genus Brassica.
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Teltow turnip
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wild turnip
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white turnip
widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
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leeks (related)
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domestic turnip
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vegetable (related)
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
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plant
A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
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neep
(Chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
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radish (related)
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mangolds (related)
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pea (related)
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lettuce (related)
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potato (related)
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parsnip (related)
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carrot (related)
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oat (related)
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endive (related)
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parsley (related)
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chervil (related)
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tomato (related)
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cabbage (related)
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Find another word for turnip. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for turnip, like: rutabaga, swedish turnip, kohlrabi, indian turnip, brassica-rapa, turnip cabbage, Teltow turnip, wild turnip, white turnip, leeks and domestic turnip.
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Turnip Sentence Examples

  • If the turnip is dry, it is watered, each drop carefully metered out.

  • The valleys and slopes are carefully cultivated in fields divided by stone walls, and produce beans, peas, sweet potatoes, "Russian turnip radish," barley, a little rice and millet, the last being the staple article of diet.

  • Many years after that, some funny little verses about Mr. Finney's turnip were printed in a newspaper.

  • The cultivation of the turnip and other root crops, which require the soil to be wrought to a deep and free tilth, either becomes altdgether impracticable and must be abandoned for the safe but costly bare fallow, or is carried out with great labour and hazard; and the crop, when grown, can neither be removed from the ground, nor consumed upon it by sheep without damage by "poaching."

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