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Turnip greens   /tˈərnəp grinz/   Listen
Turnip greens

noun
1.
Tender leaves of young white turnips.






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"Turnip greens" Quotes from Famous Books



... others with the names of which I am not acquainted. Pimento is the best timber, and the most plentiful at this side of the island, but it is very apt to split till it is a little dried. We cut the longest and cleanest to split for fire wood. In the nearest plain, we found abundance of turnip greens, and water-cresses in the brooks, which greatly refreshed our men, and quickly cured them of the scurvy. Mr Selkirk said the turnips formed good roots in our summer months, which are winter at this island; but this being autumn, they were ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr



Words linked to "Turnip greens" :   white turnip, turnip, Brassica rapa, leafy vegetable, greens, green



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