Turnip

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

tur=nip

top

CIDE DICTIONARY

Turnip, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.].

The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [1913 Webster]

Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. -- Turnip flea (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvæ live in the turnip root.

top

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Turnip, n.
1 a cruciferous plant, Brassica rapa, with a large white globular root and sprouting leaves.
2 this root used as a vegetable.
3 a large thick old-fashioned watch.

Idiom

turnip-top the leaves of the turnip eaten as a vegetable.

Derivative

turnipy adj.

Etymology

earlier turnep(e) f. neep f. L napus: first element of uncert. orig.

For further exploring for "Turnip" in Webster Dictionary Online

Copyright

Search Type	Description	Example
all	search for verses that contains all of the search words.	"fish bread" will search for verses that contains fish AND bread in minimum 1 bible version
phrase	search for verses that contains all of the search phrase.	"fish bread" will search for verses that contains "fish bread" in minimum 1 bible version
at least one	search for verses that contains any of the search words.	"fish bread" will search for verses that contains fish OR bread in minumum 1 bible version
without	search for verses not contained of the search words. Without can not be used by it self, meaning that it has to be minimum one more condition included (all/at least one,etc)	all: "fish", without: "bread", will search for verses that contains "fish" but NOT "bread"
start	search for verses that contains words that start with the search words	"fis" will search for verses that contains words start with "fis", the result will be "fish", "fishing", "fisherman", etc
similar	search for verses that contains words that similar in spelling to the search words.	"fish" will search verses that contain words which has similar spelling with fish. The result: "dish",etc
displaying	set the max displaying in one page.	"20" will set displaying max to 20 per page
range	set searching range	"All Bible", "Old Testament", "New Testament"

Display Bible

Universal Search :

TIP #18: Strengthen your daily devotional life with NET Bible Daily Reading Plan. [ALL]

with all of the words
with the phrase
with at least one of the words
without the words
start with
similar spelling
displaying
search range
NET Only	Exact search
Show Help