英语词汇“turnip flies”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

turnip flies

释义

turnip /tûrˈnip/

noun

The swollen edible root of Brassica rapa or (Swedish turnip or swede) of Brassica rutabaga, cruciferous biennials with respectively white and yellowish flesh
The root as food
The plant producing it
Extended to more or less similar roots and plants, such as the American papilionaceous prairie turnip (Psoralea esculenta)
A large old-fashioned watch (old slang)
A dunderhead

transitive verb

ORIGIN: See neep; the first part may be from turn or Fr tour, implying roundness

turˈnipy adjective

turnip cabbage same as kohlrabi

turnip flea noun

A leaping beetle that eats young turnip and cabbage plants

turnip fly noun

turnip greens plural noun

Turnip tops, esp as a vegetable

turnip lantern noun

A lantern made (esp traditionally at Hallowe'en) by scooping out the flesh of a swede

turnip moth noun

A noctuid moth (Agrotis segetum), the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems

turnip top noun

The green sprout of a turnip in its second year, used as a vegetable

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