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单词 turniped
释义

turnip /tûrˈnip/

noun
  1. The swollen edible root of Brassica rapa or (Swedish turnip or swede) of Brassica rutabaga, cruciferous biennials with respectively white and yellowish flesh
  2. The root as food
  3. The plant producing it
  4. Extended to more or less similar roots and plants, such as the American papilionaceous prairie turnip (Psoralea esculenta)
  5. A large old-fashioned watch (old slang)
  6. A dunderhead
transitive verb
  1. To plant with turnips
  2. To feed on turnips
ORIGIN: See neep; the first part may be from turn or Fr tour, implying roundness

turˈnipy adjective

turnip cabbage same as kohlrabi

turnip flea noun

A leaping beetle that eats young turnip and cabbage plants

turnip fly noun

  1. A fly whose maggots burrow in turnip roots
  2. The turnip flea

turnip greens plural noun

Turnip tops, esp as a vegetable

turnip lantern noun

A lantern made (esp traditionally at Hallowe'en) by scooping out the flesh of a swede

turnip moth noun

A noctuid moth (Agrotis segetum), the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems

turnip top noun

The green sprout of a turnip in its second year, used as a vegetable

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