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1. v. t. The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.
2. n. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
3. n. root of any of several members of the mustard family
4. The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.] Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. -- Turnip flea (Zoöl.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, or 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.
5. The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of acruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plantitself. [Formerly written also turnep.] Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kindof turnip. See Ruta-baga.-- Turnip flea (Zoöl.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, orPhyllotreta, striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and oftenseriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on eachelytron. The name is also applied to several other small insectswhich 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.
6. n:100 n. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root n. root of any of several members of the mustard family