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YELLOW TURNIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow turnip mean?
• YELLOW TURNIP (noun)
The noun YELLOW TURNIP has 1 sense:
1. the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
Familiarity information: YELLOW TURNIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
rutabaga; swede; swedish turnip; yellow turnip
Hypernyms ("yellow turnip" is a kind of...):
turnip (root of any of several members of the mustard family)
Holonyms ("yellow turnip" is a part of...):
Brassica napus napobrassica; rutabaga; rutabaga plant; swede; Swedish turnip; turnip cabbage (a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root)
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