Turnip /(tûr"nĭp)/
Tur·nip
Turnip
n.
- The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Swedish turnip
- a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.
- Turnip flea
- 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
- The turnip flea.