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tur·nip

(tûr′nĭp)

1. A widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Brassica rapa) of the mustard family, having a large rounded edible whitish root and edible leaves.

2. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

3. Chiefly Northeast US A rutabaga.

[tur-, of unknown origin + English dialectal nepe, turnip (from Middle English, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus).]

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turnip

(ˈtɜːnɪp)

1. (Plants) a widely cultivated plant, Brassica rapa, of the Mediterranean region, with a large yellow or white edible root: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

2. (Plants) the root of this plant, which is eaten as a vegetable

3. (Plants) any of several similar or related plants

4. (Plants) another name for kohlrabi

Also called (for senses 1, 2): navew

[C16: from earlier turnepe, perhaps from turn (indicating its rounded shape) + nepe, from Latin nāpus turnip; see neep]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tur•nip

(ˈtɜr nɪp)

n.

1. the thick, fleshy root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa, or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga, B. napobrassica, eaten as a vegetable.

2. either of these two plants, the leaves of which are sometimes eaten as a vegetable.

[1525–35; earlier turnep(e)= turn (with reference to its neatly rounded shape) + nepe turnip (Old English nēp, nǣ < Latin nāpus)]

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Noun	1.	turnip - widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root Brassica rapa, white turnip white turnip - white root of a turnip plant turnip greens - tender leaves of young white turnips Brassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. turnip plant - any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots
	2.	turnip - root of any of several members of the mustard family 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 white turnip - white root of a turnip plant rutabaga, yellow turnip, swedish turnip, swede - the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food turnip plant - any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots

Translations

جَذْر اللفْتلِفْتنَبات اللفْت

vodnicetuřín

kålroe

nauris

repa

répa

næpa

rapa

カブ

순무

ropė

rācenis

navetă

repa

rova

หัวผักกาด

şalgam

cây củ cải

芜箐甘蓝萝卜

turnip

[ˈtɜːnɪp] N → nabo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

turnip

[ˈtɜː^rnɪp] n → navet mturn-off [ˈtɜː^rnɒf] n

(= road) → sortie f

it's a real turn-off (= makes you lose interest) (gen) → c'est vraiment rebutant; (sexually) → ça vous coupe carrément l'envie turn of phrase n → style m
to have a nice turn of phrase → savoir tourner un proposturn-on [ˈtɜː^rnɒn] n
It's a turn-on → C'est excitant.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

turnip

n → Rübe f; (= swede) → Steckrübe f; (hum inf, = pocket watch) → Zwiebel f (hum inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

turnip

[ˈtɜːnɪp] n → rapa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

turnip

(təːnip) noun

1. a type of plant with a large round root. a field of turnips.

2. the root used as food. Would you like some turnip?

turnip

→ لِفْت tuřín kålroe Rübe γογγύλι nabo nauris navet repa rapa カブ 순무 raap nepe rzepa nabo репа rova หัวผักกาด şalgam cây củ cải 芜箐甘蓝

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Thomas Lynde-- a meek little man whom Avonlea people called "Rachel Lynde's husband"--was sowing his late turnip seed on the hill field beyond the barn; and Matthew Cuthbert ought to have been sowing his on the big red brook field away over by Green Gables.

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An angry correspondence took place, in which he complained bitterly of the time wasted in "smoking and sporting parties," as he termed the reconnoitering expeditions, and in clearing and preparing meadow ground and turnip patches, instead of despatching his ship.

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The church had a slender-spired dome that rounded inward at its base, and looked like a turnip turned upside down, and the hackman seemed to be dressed in a long petticoat with out any hoops.

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"I shouldn't ha' come back upon you now ye're i' trouble, an' folks say as the master, as I used to frighten the birds for, an' he flogged me a bit for fun when he catched me eatin' the turnip, as they say he'll niver lift up his head no more,--I shouldn't ha' come now to ax you to gi' me another knife 'cause you gen me one afore.

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In German, a young lady has no sex, while a turnip has.

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We see something of the same kind even in our domestic varieties, as in the thickened stems of the common and swedish turnip. The resemblance of the greyhound and racehorse is hardly more fanciful than the analogies which have been drawn by some authors between very distinct animals.

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Dorothy screamed and expected to see a terrible sight; but as the two halves of the Sorcerer fell apart on the floor she saw that he had no bones or blood inside of him at all, and that the place where he was cut looked much like a sliced turnip or potato.

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

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Tom Sawyer called the hogs "ingots," and he called the turnips and stuff "julery," and we would go to the cave and powwow over what we had done, and how many people we had killed and marked.

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They change maybe to a field of turnips, and I have seen a farmer priding himself on a flock of sheep that I knew were really a most merry company of dryads and fauns in disguise.

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Why, she in the workhouse and I hoeing turnips! Where would Black Beauty and Ginger have been if you had only thought of number one?

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Their parents stuffed the empty sack with three rotten vegetable marrows, an old blacking-brush and two decayed turnips.