Turnip
11turnip — [16] Etymologically, a turnip may be a ‘turned neep’ – that is, a neep, or turnip, that has been ‘turned’ on a lathe, so as to be round (the turnip is a roughly spherical vegetable). Its second syllable, nip, goes back ultimately to Latin nāpus… …
12turnip — It is possibly the vague resemblance between this root vegetable and the human head which causes turnip to be applied to people. Sam Weller hints at its meaning when he writes a Valentine card in The Pickwick Papers and says: ‘Afore I see you …
13turnip — noun /ˈtɜːr.nɪp/ a) The white root of a yellow flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. b) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. Syn: summer turnip, swede, tumshie, white turnip …
14turnip — UK [ˈtɜː(r)nɪp] / US [ˈtɜrnɪp] noun [countable] Word forms turnip : singular turnip plural turnips a large round light coloured root vegetable that grows under the ground …
15turnip — /ˈtɜnəp / (say ternuhp) noun 1. the thick, fleshy, edible root of the cruciferous plant Brassica rapa, the common white turnip, or of B. napus, the swedish turnip or swede. 2. the plant itself. 3. the root of this plant used as a vegetable.… …
16turnip — paprastosios ropės tipinis porūšis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis kultūrinis augalas (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa). atitikmenys: lot. Brassica rapa subsp. rapa angl. rapini; seven top turnip; turnip… …
17turnip — n. 1 a cruciferous plant, Brassica rapa, with a large white globular root and sprouting leaves. 2 this root used as a vegetable. 3 a large thick old fashioned watch. Phrases and idioms: turnip top the leaves of the turnip eaten as a vegetable.… …
18turnip — noun Etymology: Middle English turnepe, probably from turnen to turn + nepe neep; from the well rounded root Date: 1533 1. a. either of two biennial herbs of the mustard family with thick edible roots: (1) one (Brassica rapa rapifera) with… …
19turnip — tur|nip [ˈtə:nıp US ˈtə:r ] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from turn (because of its rounded root) + neep turnip (11 21 centuries) (from Old English nAp)] a large round pale yellow vegetable that grows under the ground, or the… …
20turnip — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)nɪp[/t]] turnips N VAR A turnip is a round vegetable with a greenish white skin that is the root of a crop …
