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Swedish turnip   /swˈidɪʃ tˈərnəp/   Listen
Swedish turnip

noun
1.
A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root.  Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, swede, turnip cabbage.
2.
The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.  Synonyms: rutabaga, swede, yellow turnip.






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"Swedish turnip" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the country was held in the town-hall. Many of the vegetables were so large, that a description of them was treated with incredulity until some specimens were sent to Ottawa, to be modelled for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. One Swedish turnip weighed over thirty-six pounds; some potatoes (early roses and white) measured nine inches long and seven in circumference; radishes were a foot and a half long and four inches 'round; kail branched out to the size of a currant bush; cabbages, hard, white, and good, grew to a foot and a half ...
— A Trip to Manitoba • Mary FitzGibbon



Words linked to "Swedish turnip" :   Brassica, turnip plant, turnip, genus Brassica



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