A turnip; (also, in later Scottish use) a swede. Also: a turnip plant or swede plant.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > turnip (26) neepeOE A turnip; (also, in later Scottish use) a swede. Also: a turnip plant or swede plant. rave?1440 A root vegetable. wild rave n. (probably) horseradish. Cf. beet-raves n. at beet, n. compounds 2. turnip1539 The fleshy, globular or spheroidal root of a biennial cruciferous plant, Brassica Rapa, var. depressa, having toothed, somewhat hairy leaves, and… rape1562 Originally (more fully †round rape: see round, adj. compounds 2b(b)): the globular root of the turnip, a form of Brassica rapa; the plant itself. In… knoll1669 A turnip. Obsolete dialect. Subcategories:— types of (17) — turnip plant (2) — seed or root (2) |
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