Turnip

2 definitions found

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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  turnip
       n 1: widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white
            or yellow root [syn: {white turnip}, {Brassica rapa}]
       2: root of any of several members of the mustard family