Turnip synonyms

tûr'nĭp

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rutabaga
This edible root
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kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
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swedish turnip
(Chiefly Brit.) rutabaga
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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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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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wild turnip
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neep
(Chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
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vegetable
A plant cultivated for its edible parts, such as the roots of the beet, the leaves of spinach, the flower buds of broccoli, or the fruit or seeds of certain species, as beans, corn, and squash.
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parsnip (related)
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plant
A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
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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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carrot (related)
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oat (related)
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endive (related)
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parsley (related)
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tomato (related)
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cabbage (related)
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chervil (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, kohlrabi, swedish turnip, indian turnip, brassica-rapa, turnip cabbage, Teltow turnip, white turnip, leeks, domestic turnip and wild turnip.
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  • 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."

  • Instead, it is a large, open-air farm with a robot assigned to make each turnip be all that it can be.

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