| turnip | <botany> The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. <botany> [Formerly written also turnep] Swedish turnip The turnip flea. A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live in the turnip root. Origin: OE. Turnep; probably fr. Turn, or F. Tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. Nepe a turnip, AS. Naepe, L. Napus. Cf. Turn, Navew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| turnip-shell | <zoology> Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |