2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Turnep \Tur"nep\ (t[^u]r"n[e^]p), n. (Bot.) See {Turnip}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn}, v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.] [1913 Webster] {Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}. {Turnip flea} (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, striolata} syn. {Phyllotreta striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}. {Turnip fly}. (Zool.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larvae live in the turnip root. [1913 Webster]
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