TURNIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turnip mean? 

• TURNIP (noun)
  The noun TURNIP has 2 senses:

1. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

2. root of any of several members of the mustard family

  Familiarity information: TURNIP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURNIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassica rapa; turnip; white turnip

Hypernyms ("turnip" is a kind of...):

turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)

Meronyms (parts of "turnip"):

white turnip (white root of a turnip plant)

turnip greens (tender leaves of young white turnips)

Holonyms ("turnip" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Root of any of several members of the mustard family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("turnip" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnip"):

white turnip (white root of a turnip plant)

rutabaga; swede; swedish turnip; yellow turnip (the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food)

Holonyms ("turnip" is a part of...):

turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)

 Context examples 

It was as true, said Mr. Barkis, as turnips is.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Well, I don’t think you were meant to be Captain Cooks, either of you, for I never saw such a pair of peeled-turnip faces.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The poor man thought he would try to better himself; so, pulling off his red coat, he became a gardener, and dug his ground well, and sowed turnips.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Brassica vegetables, including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, turnip and cauliflower, contain a significant amount of glucosinolates.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Thesaurus)

A member of the family of vegetables that includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, and turnips.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Dictionary)

The plan of a drain, the change of a fence, the felling of a tree, and the destination of every acre for wheat, turnips, or spring corn, was entered into with as much equality of interest by John, as his cooler manners rendered possible; and if his willing brother ever left him any thing to inquire about, his inquiries even approached a tone of eagerness.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Then he yoked his oxen, and drew the turnip to the court, and gave it to the king.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

They must not over-salt the leg; and then, if it is not over-salted, and if it is very thoroughly boiled, just as Serle boils ours, and eaten very moderately of, with a boiled turnip, and a little carrot or parsnip, I do not consider it unwholesome.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

When the seed came up, there was one plant bigger than all the rest; and it kept getting larger and larger, and seemed as if it would never cease growing; so that it might have been called the prince of turnips for there never was such a one seen before, and never will again.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

One day he said to himself, What shall I do with it? if I sell it, it will bring no more than another; and for eating, the little turnips are better than this; the best thing perhaps is to carry it and give it to the king as a mark of respect.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)